CTEL: Test 2 - Domain 005 Flashcards
Connection between SDAIE and ELD
ELD instruction is guided by a careful progression thru ELD standards and SDAIE is used to make academic instruction comprehensible
Why a solid base of primary language proficiency is important
the language students bring from home is the foundation not only for the language used at school but for the process of learning itself
Connection between oral and written language
children engage in higher level thinking by first learning to communicate
Factors that affect English language literacy development
- L1 literacy level
- transfer of L1 literacy
- Prior knowledge
- Education
- Background experiences
- Level of english proficiency
- Vocabulary knowledge
- Motivation
Primary language concepts that have an advantage when learning L2
- Print carries a message
- Books have cover, title, author, held a certain way
- Reading in english flows in one direction
- Printed language has words, sentences, punctuation and case markers
In later grades, students who have learned in their primary language how ______ works have an advantage
discourse
Key concepts students in later grades bring to literacy
- Scan for key ideas
- read picture captions to interpret visual information
- use text aids
Most important literacy strategy older grade students bring to language learning
metastrategic knowledge - being able to choose the right strategy for for the task from a repertoire of strategies
Langauge transfer occurs when…
the comprehension or production of a second language is influenced by the way the first language has been acquired
Negative transfer
when a student uses rules from their first language that are not applicable to the second
4 primary language literacy concepts that transfer from the first language
- phonological awareness (focusing on syllables and words)
- discourse skills
- direct linguistic content (cognates)
- metalinguistic awareness (knowledge about properties of language such as sounds, words, grammar and functions)
3 views on how metalinguistic awareness develops
- alongside first language acquisition
- during middle childhood as a child things about the linguistic system
- through schooling
4 components of metalinguistic awareness
- metaphonological
- metasyntatic
- metapragmatic
- metasemantic
Definition of metaphonological awareness
identifying phonological components in linguistic units and intentionally manipulating them
How to enhance metaphonological awareness
- teach sound-symbol connections
2. tech segmentation in syllables
Definition of metasyntatic awareness
ability to reason consciously about the styntatic aspects of language and to exercise intentional control over application of grammar rules
How to enhance metasyntatic awareness
teach students to separate the correctness of a sentence from its value
- teach critical literacy (not everything written is true)
- have students make good/bad judgements