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Praxis ESL
ESL Praxis prep group 1
Question | Answer |
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CALP - characteristics | Formal academic learning; Listening speaking reading (content material); takes 5-7 years (7-10); Comparing classifying, synthesizing, evaluating and inferring; More cognitively demanding |
Zone of Proximal Development | point where students are ready to be scaffolded. |
BICS | Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills |
LFS | Limited Formal Schooling |
ESL | English as a Second Language |
CALP (acronym) | Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency |
LEP | Limited English Proficient |
LES | Limited English Speaking |
FES | Fluent English Speaking |
NEP | Non-English Proficient |
NES | Non-English Speaking |
ELL | English Language Learner |
ESOL | English Speakers of Other Languages |
IPT | Idea Proficiency Test |
LAS | Language Assessment Scale |
KELPA | Kansas English Language Proficiency Assessment |
L1 | First Language |
L2 | Second Language |
SIOP | Sheltered Instructional Observational Protocol |
OCR | Office of Civil Rights |
LAD | Language Acquisition Device |
IATEFL | International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language |
TESOL | Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages |
NAFSA | National Association of International Educators |
ACTFL | American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages |
homograph | 2 or more words with same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings |
homonym | General term for words with 2 or more meanings |
heteronym | 2 or more words with same spelling but different meanings. Example: I felt the felt. |
homophones | words that have same pronunciation but different meanings and spellings |
Plyer v. Doe | Prohibits states from denying free public education to undocumented children; prohibits schools from requesting documents of status; allowed some states to deny undoc. students instate tuition, scholarships or bar from enrolling in public colleges |
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) | Annual assessments of ELLs in reading and math; annual assessments of progress and proficiency in English. Increases state and local accountability of ELLs progress |
Krashen's Theories |