Comp. II

Question 1

academic language

Answer 1

the entire range of language used in elementary, secondary, and university level schools including words concepts strategies and processes from academic subjects

Question 2

balanced bilingualism

Answer 2

adding a second language capability without losing your heritage language

Question 3

bilingual

Answer 3

speaking two languages and dealing appropratgely with the two different cultures

Question 4

code switching

Answer 4

moving between two speech forms

Question 5

critical periods

Answer 5

if learning doesnt happen during these periods it never will

Question 6

cultural deficit model

Answer 6

a model that explains the school achievement problems of ethnic minority students by assuming that their culture is inadequate and does not prepare them to succeed in school

Question 7

dialect

Answer 7

any variety of a language spoken by a particular group

Question 8

emergent literacy

Answer 8

the skills and knowledge usually developed in the preschool years, that are the foundation for the development of reading and writing

Question 9

english as a second language (ESL)

Answer 9

the classes devoted to teaching ELL students english

Question 10

expressive vocabulary

Answer 10

the words a person can speak

Question 11

english language learners (ELL)

Answer 11

students who are learning english when their primary or heritage language is not english

Question 12

funds of knowledge

Answer 12

knowledge that families and community members have acquired in many areas of work, home, and religious life that can become the basis for teaching

Question 13

genderlects

Answer 13

different ways of talking for males and females

Question 14

generation 1.5

Answer 14

students whose characteristics, educational experiences, and language fluencies are somewhere in between those of students born in the us and students who are recent immigrants

Question 15

heritage language

Answer 15

the language spoken in the students home or by members of the family

Question 16

immigrants

Answer 16

people who voluntarily leave their country to become permanent residents in a new place

Question 17

inside our skills

Answer 17

the emergent literacy skills of knowledge of graphemes, phonological awareness, syntactic awareness, phonemegrapheme correspondence, and emergent writing

Question 18

limited english proficient (LEP)

Answer 18

a term also used for students who are learning english when their primary or heritage language is not english not the preferred tem because of the negative connotations

Question 19

melting pot

Answer 19

a metaphor for the absorption and assimilation of immigrants into the mainstream of society so that ethnic differences vanish

Question 20

metalinguistic awareness

Answer 20

understanding about ones own use of language

Question 21

monolingual

Answer 21

speaking only one language

Question 22

outside in skills

Answer 22

the emergent literacy skills of language, narrative, conventions of print, and emergent reading

Question 23

overregularize

Answer 23

to apply a rule of syntax or grammar in situations where the rule does not apply, eg. the bike was broked

Question 24

pragmatics

Answer 24

the rules for when and how to use language to be an effective communicator in a particular culture

Question 25

receptive vocabulary

Answer 25

the words a person can understand in spoken or written words

Question 26

refugees

Answer 26

a special group of immigrants who also relocate voluntarily, but who are fleeing their home country because it is not safe

Question 27

semilingual

Answer 27

a lack of proficiency in any language; speaking one or more languages inadequately

Question 28

sensitive periods

Answer 28

times when we are especially responsive to learning certain things

Question 29

sheltered instruction

Answer 29

approach to teaching that improves english language skills while teaching content to ell students by putting the words and concepts of the content into context to make the content more understandable

Question 30

sheltered instruction observation protocol or siop

Answer 30

an observational system to check that each element of sheltered instruction is present for a teacher

Question 31

structured english immersion sei

Answer 31

an environment that teaches english rapidly by maximizing instruction in english and using english at a level appropriate to the abilities of the ells in the class

Question 32

syntax

Answer 32

the order of words in phrases or sentences