Promoting Communication

Question 1

Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills (BICS)

Answer 1

• SOCIAL
• can express themselves socially (make jokes, greet, personal convos)
• casual conversations
• based on context
  1-3 years

Question 2

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP)

Answer 2

• ACADEMIC
• can use academic vocabulary
• formal language
  5-7 years

Question 3

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)

Answer 3

uses comprehensible input so students learn language and develop academic language
- 8 components (basically like our POPs)

Question 4

Krashens 5 Hypotheses

Answer 4

acquisition learning hypothesis: (SOCIAL)students will acquire language from natural communication

natural order hypothesis: there is a sequence for acquiring language (teach abstract and more complex language explicitly)

monitor hypothesis: students pay attention and correct their mistakes

input hypothesis: differentiation by using comprehensive input

affective filter hypothesis: negative feelings (fear of being made fun of) impacts language acquisitor

Question 5

Cognitive and Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA)

Answer 5

idk lol

Question 6

natural approach

Answer 6

focuses on low affective filter
priority: receptive skills over productive skills
goal: max comprehensible input

Question 7

nativist theory

Answer 7

children naturally absorb language

Question 8

Cummin’s Quadrants