Language & DAL
Many different students in one classroom bring many languages and dialects. This three-letter term describes it.
What is DAL?
A student’s first language is also called this
What is their home language?
The ability to switch between languages or dialects.
What is code-switching?
AAVE stands for this.
What is African American Vernacular English?
ELL stands for this.
What is English Language Learner?
Darwin and Wallace believed language began this many years ago.
What is 200,000–300,000 years ago
A student’s first language is part of their culture and this.
What is identity?
The ability to use two or more dialects of the same language depending on the setting.
What is bidialectalism?
ASL stands for this.
What is American Sign Language?
This act allows accommodations for English language learners.
What is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)?
Per our presentation, this theory is how Darwin and Wallace explained language’s origin.
What is the laryngeal descent theory?
Students can use words from their first language to understand this.
What is the new language (English)?
This University of Michigan curriculum has students “toggle” between home language and English.
What is Toggle Talk?
AAVE and Appalachian English are examples of this kind of language variety.
What are dialects?
ESSA accommodations last only until this happens.
What is the student leaves the ELL program?
Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese and this language were our examples in a DAL classroom.
What is Arabic?
Respecting home language helps a child feel this way in school
What is connected?
Changing dialects for a friend versus an employer is an example of this.
What is bidialectalism (or code-switching)?
Gestures, facial expressions and body language make up this type of communication.
What is nonverbal communication?
Heavy AAVE speakers often struggle to learn this, which can lower their scores on standardized tests.
What is standard English?
Language shapes this by passing on beliefs, morals, values and even recipes
What is cultural identity?
Give one reason a teacher should welcome first-language words in class.
They help students understand English words and make students feel connected in school.
Teachers can show students this difference using these two classroom tools.
What are role play and charts?
The classroom should show this toward every kind of language.
What is respect?
Name any three of the five strategies teacher candidates can use to support every learner.
Activity-based, collaborate, enforce inclusivity, stay student-centered, be language-friendly.