English Language Learners

Question 1

What does ELL stand for in ESOL?

Answer 1

English language learners.

Question 2

What is the acronym for English Language Leaner?

Answer 2

ELL

Question 3

What does ELLP stand for?

Answer 3

English Language Learner Progressions

Question 4

What is the acronym for English Language Learner Progressions?

Answer 4

ELLP

Question 5

What does BICS stand for in ESOL?

Answer 5

Basic interpersonal communication skills

Question 6

What does BICS (Basic interpersonal communication skills) refer to in ESOL?

Answer 6

Conversational, everyday English

Question 7

What is the acronym for Basic interpersonal communication skills in ESOL?

Answer 7

BICS

Question 8

What does CALP stand for in ESOL?

Answer 8

Cognitive academic language proficiency

Question 9

What does CALP (Cognitive academic language proficiency) refer to in ESOL?

Answer 9

Academic English

Question 10

What is the acronym for Cognitive academic language proficiency?

Answer 10

CALP

Question 11

What types of features of language are these?
The sounds of English words, the subtle meanings conveyed by changes in tone and speed, and the differences in meaning that a change in stress can make. (For example, “refuse”, with the stress on the first syllable, is a noun that means “rubbish”, but “refuse”, with the stress on the second syllable, is a verb that means “to say no to something”.)

Answer 11

Prosodic features

Question 12

Give an example of a whiteboard lesson structure for a yr 7 technology class on lanterns.

Answer 12

• Technology Outcome;
• Language Outcome;
• Vocabulary.

Question 13

Agreed. As part of being responsive to the needs and strengths of ELLs, it is important to encourage and support the use by ELLs of their __________. As the ELLP – Introduction suggests on page 4, ELLs who maintain their skills in their first language and who also develop CALP in that language generally do better with subsequent languages (such as English) than learners who have not maintained their first language.

Answer 13

first language

Question 14

Agreed. As part of being responsive to the needs and strengths of ELLs, it is important to encourage and support the use by ELLs of their first language. As the ELLP – Introduction suggests on page 4, ELLs who maintain their skills in their first language and who also develop ______ in that language generally do better with subsequent languages (such as English) than learners who have not maintained their first language.

Answer 14

CALP

Question 15

Agreed. As part of being responsive to the needs and strengths of ELLs, it is important to encourage and support the use by ELLs of their first language. As the ELLP – Introduction suggests on page 4, ELLs who maintain their skills in their first language and who also develop CALP in that language generally do better with ____________ (such as English) than learners who have not maintained their first language.

Answer 15

subsequent languages

Question 16

Agreed. As part of being responsive to the needs and strengths of ELLs, it is important to encourage and support the use by ELLs of their _____________. As the ELLP – Introduction suggests on page 4, ELLs who maintain their skills in their first language and who also develop CALP in that language generally do better with subsequent languages (such as English) than learners who have not maintained their first language.

Answer 16

first language