Parts of Language
to the study of rules that depict the way words are put together to create sentences
What is Syntax
Also known as early exit programs. They target ELL’s who speak the same L1 and they are usually found in the primary grades of elementary school.
What is Transitional Bilingual Education
With this learning, we are not sure of what our brains are processing. It is what often appears in school.
What is Acquisition v. learning Hypothesis
Smallest units that carry meaning or have a grammatical function.
They are designed for even numbers of English speakers and ELL’s from the same language background.
What is Dual Language Program
We acquire language in a predictable order. Sometimes appears “immune to teaching.”
What is Natural Order Hypothesis
the recognition of what is being said when it’s not actually spoken
What is Pragmatics
Refers to a wide range of programs such as in school and after school or weekend programs in which language minority students have the opportunity to learn their native or heritage language.
What is Heritage Language Program
We sometimes correct the errors in our head before they are written or spoken.
Smallest units of sound in a language
What is Phoneme
Placing an ELL student in a mainstream classroom where there is no ESL instruction, no sheltered instruction, and no primary language support.
What is Submersion
Controls how much comprehensible input gets through to the learner. It must be lowered for any language learning, or any language to occur.
What is Affective Filter Hypothesis
The study of the definitions and meanings of words, phrases, and sentences.
What is Semantics
Designed for students with little to no proficiency in English will have very difficult times learning in a classroom with English instruction. These programs are great for students when bilingual education is not an option.
Essential ingredient for Second Language Acquisition.