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Instructions. Use this template for your PD slides. Your PPT will be part of a folder that includes the class set. LIMITATIONS < 20 slides < 35 words/slide < 1 graphic/slide Calibri Font You may embed links. Be sure they work!. English Learners. Pieces of the Puzzle.

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  1. Instructions • Use this template for your PD slides. • Your PPT will be part of a folder that includes the class set. • LIMITATIONS • < 20 slides • < 35 words/slide • < 1 graphic/slide • Calibri Font • You may embed links. Be sure they work!

  2. English Learners Pieces of the Puzzle Academic Language Holly Dobbs, Mary Earley, Katherine Jarnigan, Raquel Stevenson EESL 650 University of Alabama at Birmingham Summer-2010

  3. Objectives • List your objectives, using the blended format: • Lang Fcn-content focus-inst. support

  4. References • Include references with each slide. • Use 10-pt Calibri font • Right-justified • Include a complete listing of references as the last slide. Use APA style.

  5. BICS vs. CALP Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

  6. Continuum of academic language development Understanding the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards: A Resourse Guide www.wida.is

  7. What is Academic Language? Academic English .… • is the language of the classroom, of texts and literature, and extended, reasoned discourse. • refers to word knowledge that makes it possible for students to engage with, produce, and talk about texts valued in school. • is the language teachers and students use for the purpose of acquiring new knowledge and skills, imparting new information, and describing abstract ideas, and developing students’ conceptual understandings. • involves such things as relating an event to someone who was not present, making comparisons between alternatives and justifying a choice, knowing different forms and inflections of words and their appropriate use. Short, Vogt, and Echevarria p. 3

  8. Academic Vocabulary • Content Words: key vocabulary words, technical terms, and concepts associated with a particular topics such as solubility, cine, cosine, protagonist, theme. • Process/Function Words: words and phrases that have to do with functional language use, such as make a model, provide evidence, state a conclusion, explain the effect. • Words and word parts that teach English structure Short, Vogt, Echevarria (pp. 13-14)

  9. Language vs. Knowledge Academic Language Proficiency The delivery or understanding of an idea or message through one or more language domains: listening, speaking, reading, or writing Academic Achievement The skills and knowledge that underlie the communication.

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