Why is it smart to not formally test ELL students right away?
It ensures more humane testing and produces more accurate results
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What are the two types of language spoken in schools?
Social language and academic language
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What are CAN DO descriptors?
They define levels of ability in terms of what language learners typically can do with the language at different language proficiency levels.
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What is communicative competence?
The communicators comprehensive knowledge and appropriate application of particular language in a specific context. The elements of this are grammatics/ linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourses, strategies.
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ELL
English Language Learners
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What is the difference between formal and informal testing?
Formal testing is used to gather information about student outcomes in content and language. Informal assessments reveal information about students and where and why they are succeeding or need help accessing content and language.
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What is the difference between academic and social language?
Academic language involves vocabulary, grammar/syntax and discourse while social language is what is used everyday, is intercultural and is instructional.
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What are the 4 language domains?
Listening
Reading
Speaking
Writing
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What is the difference between objectives and goals/standards?
Objectives are statements of attainable, quantifiable lesson outcomes that guide the activities and assessment of the lesson. Goals and standards are very general statements of learning outcomes.
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ELP
English Language Proficiency
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What are the 3 examples of good formal tests for ELL students?
LAS - Language Assessment Scales
IPT - IDEA Proficiency Test
CELDT - California English Language Developmetn Test
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What are the three guidelines of teaching to the language objectives?
1. Integrate language and content
2. Use pedagogically sound techniques
3. Break down the language
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What is one technique used to find a students background knowledge?
KWLS charts.
K - What you Know
W - What you Want to know
L - What you Learned
S - What you Still want to learn
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What is the difference between content objectives and language objectives?
Content objectives support the development of facts, ideas, and processes while language objectives support the development of language related to the content and process.
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BICS
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
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What are the three guidlines for understanding student strengths and needs.
1. Model the techniques
2. Try not to assume
3. Embrace variety
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What are the 5 parts of constructing language objectives?
1. Vocabulary
2. Language functions
3. Grammar
4. Discourse
5. Language learning strategies
How does a teacher act as agents of socialization?
Teachers in many cases are the first contact that ELL students have with a new culture. They are the middle man between a student's home culture and adjusting them to a whole new world.
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CALPS
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
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What is the importance of authentic assessment?
Authentic assessment is a process, not a one-shot event. Multiple measures are taken to evaluate a students performance.
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What are some techniques for building background knowledge?
Preteach and reinforce vocabulary, cue-do-review, field trips ang hands-on experiences, having visitors and visual aids.
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What are 5 activities that can assess a students language needs?
Story retelling, Role playing, Oral reporting, Brainstorming, Playing games.
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What are the 4 elements of communicative competence?
Grammatical or linguistic competencies
Sociolinguistics
Discourse
Strategic