LL Second Language Literacy

Question 1

Paralanguage

Answer 1

Includes intonation, pitch, and volume.

Examples: speed of speech, tone of voice and body language.

Question 2

Literacy-Related Abilities

Answer 2

Skills having to do with reading and writing.

Question 3

Paraphrased Quotation

Answer 3

A meaning expressed rather than exact words.

Question 4

Language Transfer

Answer 4

The transfer knowledge from L1 to L2.

Question 5

Transition Words

Answer 5

Phrases and words used to link sentences, paragraphs, and ideas together.

Examples are first, next, last, and on the other hand.

Question 6

Transfer

Answer 6

The process of student learning when students are able to use the knowledge or skill in new situation.

Question 7

Precise (Writing)

Answer 7

In writing, a sentence that contains specific details and avoids wordy descriptions.

Saying turquoise instead of light bluish green.

Question 8

Dialogue Tag

Answer 8

Is followed or preceded by a comma or punctuation mark, with quotation marks around the quotation.

Example: As Mark exited the highway, he thought, “I hope this is the right way.”

Question 9

Schema (when reading)

Answer 9

Background knowledge a reader brings to a text.

Question 10

Demonstrative Pronoun

Answer 10

Examples: this, that, these, those.

Question 11

Overgeneralization

Answer 11

The application of a grammar rule in a place where it doesn’t apply.