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Levels of Proficiency
Potpourri
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The term meaning a student has had little or no formal schooling
What is LFS?
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This strategy gradually increases a learner's independence as their knowledge and skills increase.
What is scaffolding?
100
A student new to US schools
What is a Newcomer?
100
The silent period happens during this stage
What is pre-production?
100
Once students can speak English, they are ready to undertake the academic tasks of the mainstream classroom. (T/F)
What is False?
200
The term for the imaginary block to language acquisition caused by stress, fear, etc.
What is Affective Filter?
200
A strategy/approach where teachers adjust the language demands of content by increasing context clues, using graphic organizers, etc.
What is Sheltered Instruction?
200
TPR
What is Total Physical Response?
200
Students are very similar to native speaking peers in this stage.
What is near proficiency or advanced fluency?
200
Culture of students does not affect how long it takes them to acquire English-all students learn language the same way. (True or False)
What is False?
300
The term for someone's native language
What is L1?
300
Something you can do to help a new student feel more comfortable.
What is .....?
300
Real items, such as tools, food, etc. used to help students gain vocabulary
What is realia?
300
Simple sentences are frequntly used in this stage.
What is Speech Emergence?
300
One of the oldest second language instruction methods; this was used to bring the Classics to other languages.
What is Grammar-Translation?
400
The term for social language
What is BICS (Basic Interpersonal Language Skills)?
400
CLD
What is culturally and linguistically diverse?
400
Students in the Pre-Production stage often use these to communicate.
What are gestures?
400
Rote memorization and drill and practice with little chance for interaction
What is the Audio-Lingual?
500
When a student is receiving language but not producing language.
What is the Silent Period?
500
Activities should be more this in order for students to gain comprehensible input
What is context-embedded?
500
OCR
What is Office of Civil Rights?
500
Students in this stage often seem more fluent than they are and can struggle academically.
What is Intermediate Fluency?
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This program model uses two languages for instruction and has a goal of each language group becoming proficient in a second language
What is two-bilingual or dual language?