What is? Flashcards
SWiRL
speaking, writing, interaction, reading, listening. Domains of language development: it’s better to replicate the natural process of skill mixing (Skill integration)
Intercultural Communicative Competence
The ability to understand cultures including your own and use these understanding to communicate with people from other cultures successfully.
Language usage
it refers to the rules of for making language; for example, the structures used.
Language use
It considers the communicative meaning of language
L1
The language that an individual has learned since childhood: native language
L2
The language learned in the country in which it is usually spoken (English in the UK)
FL
Foreign language language generally started at school in a country where it is not usually spoken
Lingua franca
The language widely used outside the country where it is spoken between people who don’t share native language (also known as “bridge language”)
RP
a way of pronouncing British English that is often considered to be the standard accent. BBC, Queen’s English
Interlanguage
The learners current version of the language they are learning; it changes all the time but can become fossilised when the learner doesn’t have the opportunity to improve
Input
it refers to the exposure learners have to authentic language in use
continuous assessment 👀
It provides a more accurate and complete picture of the learners level and has a positive impact on learning
formal assessment
it uses formal tests or structured continuous assessment to evaluate a learner’s level of language
informal assessment 👁️📝
It involves observing the learners performance as they learn and evaluating them from the gathered data. 📝👁️
formative assessment
it gives the learner and teacher information about how well something has been learned so that they can decide what to do next it normally occurs during the course.
Italian law for cognitive impairment, disability
L. 104/2012 Studenti Diversamente Abili (H) Sostegno 📑 Certificate of National Health Service, entrasted for providing diagnosis MD 5668/2011
Italian law for SpLD
Law 170/2010
What does the category BES include?
Disability/Cognitive Impairment (L.104/92), Specific Learning Disorders (L.170/2010), social, cultural and economic disadvantage (e.g. Nai)
legislative decree 66/2017
update of law 170 of 2010 (introduction of plan for inclusion IEP and individual project for life)
