Shared Flashcard Set

Details

CTEL prep
acronyms
48
Education
Graduate
11/18/2010

Additional Education Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
CLD
Definition
culturally and linguistically diverse
Term
CLAD
Definition
crosscultural, language, and academic development
Term
CTEL
Definition
California Teacher of English Learners
Term
ELD
Definition
English-language development
Term
L1
Definition
first language
Term
L2
Definition
second language
Term
SLA
Definition
second-language acquisition
Term
CELDT
Definition
Calif. Eng. Language Development Test
Term
LAD
Definition
Language Acquisition Device
Term
SUP
Definition
separate underlying proficiency: proficiency in Eng. is separate from proficiency in a primary language
Term
CUP
Definition
common underlying proficiency: L1 and L2 have a shared foundation, and competence in L1 allows for competence in L2(Cummins)
Term
BICS
Definition
basic interpersonal communication skills
Term
CALP
Definition
cognitive academic language proficiency
Term
TESOL
Definition
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Term
TPR
Definition
total physical response: association between language and body movement
Term
LEA
Definition
Language Experience Approach
Term
DR-TA
Definition
Directed Reading-Thinking Approach: teacher-guided prediction process, then read to confirm ideas
Term
SSSM
Definition
Sentence-by-Sentence Self-Monitoring: S reads text silently, then aloud, T reads it back exactly the same, discuss miscues
Term
SRSD
Definition
Self-Regulated Strategy Development: students learn strategies for writing, like PLAN and WRITE
Term
CALL
Definition
computer-assisted language learning
Term
CMC
Definition
computer-mediated communication: the role of computers in facilitiating virtual communication
Term
CALLA
Definition
Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach: cognitive, social-affective and metacognitive strategies plus academic language
Term
SDAIE
Definition
Specifically Designed Academic Instruction in English: learn 1. gr-appro. content, 2. Eng vocab and grmr., 3. "academic" Eng., 4. strategies for learning how to learn
Term
NCELA
Definition
National Clearinghouse for Eng Lang Acquisition
Term
AVID
Definition
Advancement Via Individual Determination: high school "untracking" to help low-achieving Ss get into college prep classes
Term
NCLB
Definition
No Child Left Behind: does little to help ELL's, emphasizes test results, undercuts best practices, demoralizes Ts, forces schls to test to test and cut programs that help ELL's
Term
AYP
Definition
adequate yearly progress
Term
NAEP
Definition
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Term
IPT
Definition
IDEA Proficiency Test measures oral-lang prof. in ENg.
Term
LAS
Definition
Lang Assessment Scale measures oral-lang skills in Eng and Spanish
Term
BSM
Definition
Bilingual Syntax Measure measures oral prof in Eng or Spanish grammatical structures & lang dominance
Term
CDE
Definition
Calif. Dept. of Ed.
Term
ESEA
Definition
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Term
EIEP
Definition
Emergency Immigrant Education Program, part of NCLB, provides assistance to dists whose enrollment at least 3% immigrants, or at least 500 Ss.
Term
EEOA
Definition
Equal Education Opportunities Act, guarantees schools will act to overcome lang barriers that impede equal participation
Term
IASA
Definition
Improving America's Schools Act: ELL Ss eligible for Title I services, new PD, research
Term
CATESOL
Definition
Calif TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Term
SOLOM
Definition
Student Oral Lang Observation Matrix
Term
TOEFL
Definition
Test of Eng as a Foreign Language
Term
UD
Definition
Universal Design: principles for designing prods/environ for those w/health/lrng issues
Term
UID
Definition
Universal Instructional Design: UD in education. Ensuring access to info, resource, tools for all.
Term
CBO's
Definition
community-based organizations
Term
FLES
Definition
foreign language in elem school
Term
FAPE
Definition
free, appropriate public education
Term
MBE
Definition
maintenance, or "late exit", bilingual ed
Term
MMR
Definition
mildly mentally retarded
Term
SSL
Definition
Spanish as a second language
Term
NES
Definition
native English speaker
Supporting users have an ad free experience!