ESL Flashcards
(23 cards)
Phoneme
smallest unit of sound
phonology
study of sound of a language
morpheme
smallest unit of meaning (prefix, suffix..)
syntax
order of words in a sentence
semantics
meaning attached to a word or phrase
pragmatics
use of a language in a situation
lexicon
vocabulary of an individual topic
discourse
interchange of language between speakers
determiners
articles: the, a,
cognates
a word that has the same linguistic derivation as another: atencion and attention
BICS
basic interpersonal communication skills
CALP
cognitive academic language proficiency
nativist theory: noam chomsky
children are born with the ability to acquire a language
metacognition
students think about own thinking and learning
generalization
students can apply a concept to a new language context: if car/cars
plessy v. ferguson
segregation in schools
meyer v. nebraska
can’t prohibit teaching a foreign language
LULAC
social and political organization for minority rights
brown v. board of education
no separate but equal
lau v. nichols
no lack of supplemental language instruction
EEOA
states and school required to provide equal opportunitiescastane
castaneda v. pickard
ensure schools meet needs of ELLs`
