Chapter 7- Teaching English Flashcards
AMAOs
Annual measurable achievement objectives
BICS
Basic interpersonal communication skills
Language skills that are used to communicate with others in a social environment
Can take six months to two years to acquire
CALLA
Cognitive academic language learning approach
CALP
Cognitive academic language proficiency
Language skills required for academic achievement, or sell acquired as easily as BICS
Can take 5 to 7 years for students to acquire CALP
CELLA
Comprehensive English language learning assessment
Measures ELL‘s progress toward attaining English language proficiency in oral language skills and literacy skills.
Level A: K-2
B: 3-5
C: 6-8
D: 9-12
ELL take the CELLA annually until they are reclassified as English proficient
CI
Comprehensible input
EDL
English language development
EFL
English as a foreign language
ELL
English language learner
ESE
Exceptional student education
ESL
English as a second language
ESOL
English for speakers of other languages
FEP
Fluent English proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing
FES
Fluent English speaker
L1
L2
L1: The students home/native language
L2: The language the student is in the process of learning
LEP
Limited English proficient
LER
Limited English reader
LES
Limited English speaker
LULAC
League of united Latin American citizens
MBE
Maintenance bilingual education