Section 1

Question 1

1. What is CAL?

Answer 1

Center for Applied Linguistics- DC nonprofit company who promotes bilingual and dual language instruction

Question 2

2. What is BICS

Answer 2

Basic interpersonal communicative skills

Conversational language usually developed in 2-3 years needed before advancing to academic language

Question 3

3. What is CALP

Answer 3

Cognitive academic language proficiency

More advanced academic language

Question 4

4. What is SIOP

Answer 4

Sheltered instruction observation protocol

8 component lesson plan
Lesson prep
Background
Comprehensible input
Strategies 
Interaction
Practice
Lesson delivery
Review/ assessment

Question 5

5. What is a register error?

Answer 5

Using informal or formal language in the wrong setting- working vs workin

Question 6

6. What is deductive reasoning

Answer 6

Using one or more statements to reach a conclusion

Jaxon is a dog, all dogs are smart. Jaxon is smart

Question 7

7. What is inductive reasoning

Answer 7

Coming up with a guess based on evidence- but it may not be true (more of a theory).

All storms seem to come from the north. A storm is coming so it is probably coming from the north

Question 8

8. What is extrinsic reinforce

Answer 8

Using rewards as motivation (money, candy, recess, etc)

Question 9

9. What is an affective filter

Answer 9

Conditions that inhibit learning - laughing at students, correcting every error etc create a high affective filter

Question 10

10. What is self-regulated learning

Answer 10

Taking control of learning goals and being aware of strengths and weaknesses in learning

Question 11

11. What is sociopragmatic competence

Answer 11

Responding to someone appropriately according to the values and norms of the culture
Polish women will call out a foreign mother who has not dressed their child for the cold weather

Question 12

12. What is morphology

Answer 12

Understanding how words are morphed, or formed- prefixes, roots, suffixes, etc

Question 13

13. What is word stress

Answer 13

Accenting a certain sound or word in a sentence with volume or pitch

Question 14

14. What is intonation

Answer 14

The rise or fall of pitch when speaking

Question 15

15. What is syllabication

Answer 15

Separating words into syllables

Question 16

16. What is Brown vs Board of Education

Answer 16

Schools could not segregate white and black students

Question 17

17. What is Castaneda vs Pickard

Answer 17

Schools can not discriminate against students racially or ethnically. Bilingual education in schools must be based upon educational theory and proven effective over time

Question 18

18. What is norm-referenced vs criterion-referenced testing

Answer 18

tests where students are compared to how other students did on tests vs how students do on a specific task

Question 19

19. Subtractive bilingualism

Answer 19

When learning a 2nd language interferes with retaining the mother tongue

Question 20

20. What is the Direct method

Answer 20

Only everyday useful language is taught through speaking and listening- no emphasis on grammar or translation

Question 21

21. What is TPR

Answer 21

Total physical response

Vocab is taught through physical movement, the teacher says the word and moves and students mimic the movement

Question 22

22. What is suggestopedia

Answer 22

Creating a fun atmosphere for learning through music, singing songs, etc

Question 23

23. What are final intonation patterns

Answer 23

Rising and falling tone in sentences- raising voice when asking a question

Question 24

24. What are voiced vs voiceless sounds

Answer 24

B D G J L M N Sz Ng Th and all vowels - makes throat vibrate

Ch, F, K, P S, Sh, T

Question 25

25. What are word stress patterns

Answer 25

Saying parts of words louder and more clearly- dessert vs desert - causes communication errors if done incorrectly

Question 26

26. What is cultural assimilation

Answer 26

One culture adopts traits of another culture

Question 27

27. What is the critical period hypothesis

Answer 27

Belief that childhood to puberty is prime time to learn new languages

Question 28

28. What is language experience approach

Answer 28

Students turn language into writing- visit hospital, draw pic and write about it, read aloud to class

Question 29

29. What is a multi sensory approach

Answer 29

All senses are used in lessons- students read about apples, taste and smell apples, count seeds, etc

Question 30

30. What is the natural approach

Answer 30

Focusing on communicative skills rather than grammar- creating a stress-free environment to learn language