ESL Supplemental Flashcards
LEP
Limited English Proficient
L1
Native language
L2
Second language
ESL
English as a Second Language
ESOL
English Speakers of Other Languages
SI
Sheltered Instruction
SIOP
Lesson plan template for ELLs in Sheltered English
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
Lesson plan template incorporates accommodations for ELLs
Phoneme
The smallest unit of sound in a language
Teach relationship between sounds and letters through phonemic awareness (working with the smallest units of sound)
Example:
Cat has 3 phonemes
Colonel has 5
Sound: son - /c/ /a/ /n/
Phonology
The study of the sound system of a language or the system of relationships among speech sounds
Plan activities to build phonological awareness through rhymes, blending, and segmenting
Phonics
Introducing print of sounds, introduction of reading
Morpheme
The smallest unit of meaning in a language (word or unit- prefix re in redo, s in cars)
Focus on the ones that occur most frequently and help students discover patterns through multi sensory, multimodal experiences
Un-prefix
kind-root
ness-suffix
Morphology
The study of how morphemes develop words
Syntax
The order in which words occur in a sentence
Model how to break long sentences into chunks, interpret chunks, and then sum up the main idea.
Semantics
the meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text.
The meaning attached to a linguist unit (word or phrase)
the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. There are a number of branches and subbranches of semantics, including formal semantics, which studies the logical aspects of meaning, such as sense, reference, implication, and logical form, lexical semantics, which studies word meanings and word relations, and conceptual semantics, which studies the cognitive structure of meaning.
Pragmatics
The proper use of a certain type of language for a given situation
”This is a part of communicative competence that involves being able to use language in interpersonal relationships, taking into account such complexities as social distance and indirectness.
As an example of indirectness, consider the conversation:
A: How was the movie?
B: Well, the sound track was ok.
A second language learner may take that at face value not having the essential pragmatic knowledge that B is avoiding a direct answer because the direct answer is that the movie wasn’t good.
Pragmatic competence is thought to be difficult to teach and have serious real consequences for second language learners that include failing to get jobs and good grades.”
Lexicon
The vocabulary of an individual or topic
Linguistic theories generally regard human languages as consisting of two parts: a lexicon, essentially a catalogue of a language’s words (its wordstock); and a grammar, a system of rules which allow for the combination of those words into meaningful sentences.
Discourse
Interchange of language between speakers
Language interference
ELs tend to add an /e/ sound to the letter combinations /esc/ /esp/
Ex: Eschool vs. School
Or false cognates: ex. she choke with another car.
Chocar is Spanish for what happens when two cars run into each other
Cognate
Words that are similar, or even identical, in two languages
Example: restaurant and restaurante
Impossible and imposible
False cognates examples:
El argumento=reasoning or debate
El compromiso=commitment
Syntax- Compound Sentences
Two independent clauses that are joined with a conjunction such as or, and, but.
Syntax- Complex Sentences
One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Communicative Competence
Refers to a language user’s grammatical knowledge of syntax, morphology, phonology, and the like as well as social knowledges about how and when to use the utterances appropriately
Communicative Competence-
Linguistics
Vocabulary
Language conventions (grammar, spelling)
Syntax
Communicative Competence-
Strategic
Overcome language gaps
Conversational fluency
Effectiveness of communication
Modify text for audience and purpose
Communicative Competence-
Socio-Linguistic
Nonverbal behaviors
Cultural references (idioms, expressions)
Social rules of language
Communicative Competence-
Discourse
Patterns of organization
Cohesive and transitional devices
Structure of English Language Verbs-
Linking Verbs
Link grammatical subject to adjective
Ex:
Dinner tastes as great as it looks.
Structure of English Language Verbs-
Principal verbs
Have a noun attached to them and can stand alone
Ex:
Jesus wept.