Instructional Theory
The language instruction originally intended to assist students in reading and translating of foreign language literature.
What is the Grammar-Translation Method?
Provides English Language Learners with access to appropriate grade-level content while supporting their need for ongoing language instruction.
What is Sheltered Instruction?
A strategy that focuses on helping students develop aspects of language that is governed by rules such as phonics, grammar, and syntax.
What is Discrete Language Skills?
This is when the teacher asks questions or makes comments about what or how with regards to the learner's utterance.
What s Explicit Correction?
Students who learn best by seeing things, inspecting pictures and written words which can aid in memory and comprehension.
What is a Visual Learner?
This is an oral based approach to language instruction developed by linguists and behavioral psychologists.
What is the Audio-Lingual Method?
A program that is intended to maximize the time English Language learners spend in general education content classrooms.
What is a Push-In Program?
Classroom activities that help students practice and apply their knowledge using different elements of language simultaneously.
What is Integrated Language Skills?
This is intended to lower the affective filter for a student.
What is Suggestopedia?
Instructions that are easy to comprehend by hearing stories or songs so information can be retained.
What is an Auditory Learner?
This is a combination of several methods of language instruction based on the notion that successful language acquisition comes from the need to communicate real meaning.
What is the Communication Approach?
Each teacher plays an important role and they take turns delivering lessons to the class.
What is Team-Teaching?
Using subject matter material such as math, science, or social studies as the basis for practicing communicative skills.
What is Content-Based Language Instruction?
A strategy that is used for introducing vocabulary before content, incorporate graphic organizers, brainstorm ideas, and ask questions about a given topic.
What is Activating Prior Knowledge?
Learning by touching and manipulating objects using sensory activities that allow student to work with manipulative in order to internalize new information.
What is a Tactile Learner?
An instructional method that falls under the communicative approach to language teaching.
What is Task-Based Instruction?
A program where certified ESOL teachers take small groups of students from their content area classrooms for limited portions of the school day.
What is a Pull-Out Program?
This type of instruction calls for students to participate in communicative acts in order to complete a particular task.
What is Task-Based Instruction?
Avoiding topics that can make students uncomfortable while taking into account students' background, experiences, and interests.
What is Culturally Appropriate Materials?
Learning through physical movements like playing games that require setting up experiments and following instructions to make things.
What is a Kinesthetic Learner?
An instructional method that provides students with the opportunity to acquire language skills by listening to and following spoken commands.
What is Total Physical Response?
A research based ESOL instructional method that addresses multiple needs of language learners.
What is the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Model?
Materials created by native or nonnative speakers and based on original materials that have been adapted to fit the lesson objectives and needs of students.
What is Semi-Authentic Materials?
This is learning that occurs via interactions among students and with the teacher.
What is Community Language Learning?
Learning by focusing on details, concentrating on grammar, syntax rules, dissecting words, and sentences.
What is an Analytic Learner?