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TermDefinition
assimilation when a speech sound changes due to influence of nearby sounds
acculturation describes acquisition process of L2 by minorities (immigrants, migrant workers, kids--Schumann)
Language development stages babbling (3-9m); one word (10-13m); 2 word (18m); multi (2y)
Language Development Order Bottom up: Understanding, Talking, Reading, Writing
What tool do teachers help and guide? Semantic Domain = Semantic Map = Graphic Organizer
Skinner Behavioral Approach (positive rewards); Critical Period 0-7 years
Piaget Metacognitive process; Constructivism approach (active use of mind): learners make sense of info together through problem-solving)
Chomsky Innateness (can communicate when no common language--universal grammar); One can always learn language, 0-14 is best
Krashen 5 hypothesis: Natural order; Input: Acquisition (passive) vs. Learning (active); Monitor (affective filter)
Transfer Thinking in L1 but speaking in L2
Teach Slightly above the actual level
Reading At the independent level
Affective filter Negative emotional and motivational that interfere with the reception and processing of comprehensible input
Suggestopedia Making students comfortable and confident to lower the affective filter
Cummins BICS & CALP; Additive & Subtractive bilingualism
BICS Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
Additive Bilingualism L1 continues to develop and the culture is valued; L2 and culture is added
Subtractive Bilingualism L2 is added at the expense of L1
Interference Rule from L1 that interferes with L2
Fossilization EL reaches plateau due to developmental problem
Diglossia 2 Languages are used under different conditions in the same community
Second Language Acquisition Preproduction; Early Production; Speech Emergency; Beginning Fluency; Intermediate Fluency; Advanced Fluency
Pre-Production 500 words; Comprehension is focus; Silent period
Early Production 1000 words; Memorizing chunks; Private speech
Speech Emergence 3000 words; Lexical chunks; Memorized phrases
Beginning Fluency Short Conversations; overgeneralization; circumlocution; code switching
Intermediate Fluency CALP; Complex sentences; Minimal mistakes
Advanced Fluency Same as native speaker
Circumlocution When you do not know the word so you make one up "Wordy"
Pronoun Word that replaces a noun to avoid repetition
Conjunction Connects clauses
Agreement Subjects and verbs must agree
Exposition Discourse Text book language
Descriptive level Discourse Describing one part
Narrative discourse Storytelling
Argumentative Discourse Persuade the reader of something
Formal text Resume, reports
Informal text Emails, texts
Neutral text steps, not intended for a specific person
Sociolinguistic competence The ability to use language that is appropriate to social context
Linguistic register Determined by a variety of factors like occasion, context, purpose, and audience (stylistic variation)
Spelling development 1. Pre-communicative (3-4); 2. Pre-Phonetic (4-5); 3. Phonetic (5-6); 4. Transitional (7-10); 5. Correct/Competent (10-18)
Pre-Communicative Stage Uses a pen and pencil to scribble; no letters
Pre-Phonetic Stage Letter formation is underdeveloped, one letter = one word, beginning letter-sound correspondence, names and forms letters (Semiphonetic)
Phonetic Stage Letter-sound correspondence developed MAJOR PROBLEMS HERE
Inventive Spelling Using phonic knowledge to invent words they need by can't spell
Transitional Stage Concentrates on words needed in writing
Correct/Competent Stage Speller knows the language system and basic rules; recognizes incorrect form
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol Differentiated Instruction (SIOP)
Total Physical Response Learning by moving (TPR)
Bilingual Model Learning both language at the time
Multi-level Different levels in the classroom
Cognitive Academic Language Learning Learning strategies to aid in learning content and language
English Only Model NOT ALLOWED Submersion; 1 or 2 students sink or swim
Comparative adjective Bigger
Superlative adjective Biggest
Linguistic Approach Improving reading and writing by recognizing what to look for and how to think about it
Basal Reader A reading strategy using short books
Bottom up From words to meaning
Audio-linguism Emphasis on learning grammatical and phonological stucture
Direct method Students are taught a language directly without L1 to explain new words or grammar
Communicative language teaching approach Emphasis on interaction as both the means and ultimate goal of study
Community language learning Students may speak their L1
Native Langauge support Academic support in L1
Natural Approach Being exposed to the language and using it in a natural way
Language experience Activities and stories of the students; emphasis on meaning
Transitional bilingual education Build L2 in order to mainstream as quickly as possible
Maintenance bilingual education Works to build students' majority language while also promoting use of the native or home language at school
Developmental Bilingual Education Aims to preserve and build on L1
Immersion Instruction entirely in L2 and use L1 only for clarification
Total immersion 100% L2
Partial Immersion 50% L2; 50% L1
Two-way immersion Dual- or bilingual-immersion; speakers of 2 languages and class time is split in half
Homographs Words that are spelled the same but have different meaning (bat-bat)
Homophones Words that sound the same but are spelled differently (ate-eight)
Phonology/Phonics Sounds in language
Phoneme Smallest unit of sound in meaning /t/ /ch/
Allophone Any speech sound that represents a single phoneme (different sounds that k makes)
Morphology/Morphemes Units of meaning (suffix, affix, prefix, bound, unbound, roots)
Free Morpheme Can stand along (go, big)
Bound morpheme Has to be attached to something (s, un)
Derivational affixation The addition of a morpheme that changes its class (from verb to noun)
Syntax Word order
Semantics Meaning of words, and phrases (2 ways to say the same thing)
Pragmatic Behavior (tact or inflections)
Stages of acculturation Initial enthusiasm; Culture shock; Recovery; Integration
Surface Culture Superficial
Deep Culture You have to be a member to know about it
Tier 1 80% of students
Tier 2 15% of students
Tier 3 5% of students
Affricatives Shair-Chair
Minimal Pair /f/ /v/ fan and van
Voice and Voiceless Air v. no air (voiced = h, sh, tt, pp) (unvoiced = mm, bb, zh)
Consonant voicing Sound change where voiceless becomes voiced (sonorization)
Stress patterns longer, louder, change in pitch, said clearly, uses larger facial movements
Prosody Patterns of stress and intonation
Schwa Unstressed central vowel
Intonation Pattern The way a person's voice raises and lowers when they are talking
Place of articulation the point of contact where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract
Passive location of articulation roof of mouth
Articulatory gesture An active articulator
Palatalization Involves the change in the place or manner of articulation of consonants
Monophthongs 1 vowel-1 sound
Diphthongs 2 vowels-2 sounds
Triphthongs 3 vowels-3 sounds
Formal assessment Written
Informal assessment Observations
Criterion Assessment Content-based Benchmark
Validity Is the test assessing what it was supposed to assess?
Reliability Are all tests being graded in the same way?
Authentic Assessment Performance-based test (like a driving test)
Lau v. Nichols Students cannot sink pr swim; schools must provide EL services
Plyer v. Doe Public education must be free to all students; teachers are not immigration representatives
Castaneda v. Pickard ELL programs must be evaluated for effectiveness
Brown v. Board Racial segregation is unconstitutional
Negative Transfer Occurs when speakers and writers transfer items that are not the same in both languages
Achievement test A skill/knowledge test
IATEFL International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
ACTFL The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
NAFSA Association of International Educators
Linguistic Approach Method that assumes all children have a strong grasp of oral L1
Language Experience Students orally relate personal experiences to the teacher
Passive "The enemy was defeated by the troops"
Active "The troops defeated the enemy"
Epenthesis Insertion of a sound or letter within a word (b in thimble)
Flapping tt in butter
Redundancy Reduction When two languages come into contact within the same environment, the speaker is forced to solve the duplication of rules and functions in two languages
Behaviorism The theory that human and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning without appeal to thoughts or feelings
Contructivist Learning occurs as learners are actively involved in a process of meaning and knowledge construction
Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibits discrimination on basis of race, color, and origin
Socio-pragmatic Competence Ability to recognize the effect of context on strings of linguistic events and to use language appropriately in specific social situations
Transitional Bilingual Program Works to build students' English Proficiency & put mainstream them
Silent way Students work cooperatively and independently, teacher is silent
Community Language Learning L1 used freely & students work together to develop language aspects; Learning through interactions
Metalinguistic feedback elicitation or error correction
Notional-Functional structuring a syllabus around notions or real life situations in which people communicate
Direct Method refrains from using the L1 and only used L2 (Natural method)
Whole Language Approach Uses a variety of methods to promote and augment true reading comprehension
Inductive reasoning Logical process in which multiple premises are combined to obtain a specific conclusion
Deductive reasoning Logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are presumed to be true
Nasalization The production of a sound while the velum is lowered
Discourse analysis A number of approaches to analyze written, vocal, or sign language use
Bruner Cognitive and educational psychologist (scaffolding)
Vygotsky ZPD
Modal verbs Verbs used with other verbs to express ability (can, should, must)
Adverb of manner How (gracefully)
Adverb of time When (yesterday)
Adverb of Place Where (everywhere)
Adverb of Degree Intensity (very)
Gerund -ing verb
Indefinite Article a and an (determiner)
Definite Article the (determiner)
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