LL ESOL Foundations Flashcards
Acquisition Learning Hypothesis
Krashen - 2nd language acquisition occurs subconsciously from natural communication where focus is on meaning.
Transitional Bilingual Educational Programs
A program designed to be temporary. L1 is temporary, aim for teaching in L2 only. Monolingualism.
Cummins - Cognitive and Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA)
Focuses on learning strategies to integrate content and language that are most important for their future academic success
There is a 5-stage cycle: 1) preparation, 2) presentation, 3) practice, 4) evaluation, 5) expansion.
Zone of Proximal Development
A chart that shows what tasks a learner can do independently, can do with assistance, and cannot do.
The difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do with help.
Language Experience Approach (LEA)
A whole-language approach that promotes reading and writing through the use of personal experiences and oral language.
Dual Language Education
A model designed for students from two home language groups to learn in bilingual pairs side by side and use one or the other language for learning content.
Student A (English) grouped with Student B. (French) so they learn using both English and French.
Kinesthetic Learning
Learning primarily by touching things or doing an activity.
Example: create and act out plays or skits.
Sheltered Instruction
Integrate language and content instruction in order to make content comprehensible.
Systematically pair a content objective and a language objective for each lesson.
Transformational Grammar
A branch of generative grammar. The deep structure sentence “Eric walked the dog” can be transformed into several different new surface structure sentences such as “The dog was walked by Eric” and “Has Eric walked the dog?”
Suggestopedia
Warm, relaxed, pleasant environment is the ideal state for learning; can use of art and music. There is a close relationship between teacher and student.
Immersion
The act of being fully immersed in a language where all communication is in the language to be learned. This does not provide support for non-English speakers and allows them to succeed or fail based on their language abilities. It can be described as a laissez-faire policy.
Structured English Immersion
ELLs are taught subject matter in English by a content licensed teacher who is also licensed in ESL . There is NO ESL INSTRUCTION is provided in this model. A teacher who focuses more on the order of words than on the meaning of the words.
Cummins - Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency Skills (CALPS)
Is formal, textbook language used in academic situations.
Informative Function
Is a language function used to provide information, describe things and give reasons.
Direct Method / Oral Method / Natural Method
Immersion in the language; Focus on oral communication.
Home Language Survey
A registration form on which parents enrolling their children in school indicate what language is primarily spoken at home
determines if testing is needed.
Cognates
Words in two languages that share a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation.
Examples: family / familia, computer / computadora and bicycle / bicicleta.
Dual Language 90/10
A dual language program in which the first language is used 90% of the time.
Fossilization of Errors
An error hasn’t been fixed and has cemented over time. It takes explicit instruction and multiple interactions to overcome.
Communicative Approach
Learning a language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning.
Language Function
The different uses of a particular language.
Visual Methods
Lessons using materials for students to view.
Examples are maps, images, political cartoons, multimedia presentations and graphs.
Tactile Methods
Lessons using materials for students to touch and handle.
Examples: take notes, study sheets, or build dioramas or models.
Castaneda vs. Pickard
Three-part assessment for bilingual programs
1) sound educational theory
2) implemented effectively
3) resources
ESL programs undergo evaluations after a trial period.
Language Variation
A different way of saying the same thing in sound or structure.
Example: “y’all” or you guys.
Constructivist Approach
The belief that humans construct knowledge and meaning from their experiences.
Activities are interactive and student-centered.
Krashen - Natural Order Hypothesis
Language must be acquired in a specific order, and that order does not change between learners. They must learn the present simple tense before they learn the past simple tense.
Directive Function
The language used to give commands and make .
Circumlocution
The use of many words to describe something when fewer would be sufficient.
Borrowing (with ELL students)
Incorporation of linguistic material from one language to another.
A teacher writes the following sentence on the board in his ESL class: “I met my friend for lunch at the café.”
Krashen - Affective Filter Hypothesis
The needs and emotional states affect language acquisition.
Example: anxiety, attitude, self-image, motivation, classroom climate, and personality.
Cognitive Code
The learning of a a grammatical structure (usually inductively) and then practice it (presentation, practice, and production).
Dialogue of a debate, identify the grammatical structure being used and elicit the rules with a partner, practice by answering a series of “What would you do…?