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Praxis II Tesol
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praxis
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teaching
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Answer 39 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aka Krashen's Natural Approach...language develops naturally in stages...comprehension preceeds production...communicative goals guide instruction...interactive activities lower affective filter
The Natural Way
BICS
Dual Immersion Education
Affective Filter
2. Most of day in mainstream...team teaching & team planning...ESL instruction is integrated into the content areas using listening - speaking - reading - writing - study skills - content vocabulary & cultural orientation
ESL Collaboration/Push In
Early Production
BICS
Top - Down Method
3. Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach...scaffolding - critical thinking & learning strategies guide learning...gradual release of responsibilities
Chomsky
Student Support Schema
CALLA
Affective Filter
4. Surface features to two languages (top of two separated icebergs)...concepts are transferable from L1 to L2...CUP
5. Learn best by listening in large quantities...connecting words and prases to actions and objects...L1 translation not allowed
Direct Method
Transitional Bilingual Education
Instrumental Motivation
Grammatical Approach
6. 3-5 years...struggles with abstract - cognitively demanding subjects - especially with literacy...few grammatical errors...TEACHERS: provide comprehensible & interactive activities...teach thinking & study skills
Cummin's Iceberg Model
CALP
Intermediate Fluency
Zone of Proximal Development
7. Focus on natural communication...speech will emerge...goal is the learn BICS for everyday situations
8. Traditional view at the contextual level...Listening - Speaking - Reading - Writing
Community Language Learning
Top - Down Method
Behaviorism
Bottom - Up Method
9. Associate with Greek & Latin...focused on grammatical rules - syntactic structures - rote memorization...time spent talking ABOUT language - but no time talking IN the language
Grammar - Translation Method
Transitional Bilingual Education
The Communicative Approach
Bottom - Up Method
10. Basic Interpersonal Communcation Skills...social & conversational language...2-3 years to understand social language...'recess talk'
Dual Immersion Education
BICS
Fossilization
Transitional Bilingual Education
11. Learning L2 to achieve goals...for a career...corporation sends Japanese businessman to US for language training
Community Language Learning
Integrative Motivation
Instrumental Motivation
Grammatical Approach
12. Fear of language learning stops rapid acquisition...create a relaxing environement to enhance acquisition...students see text in L1 then L2...use conversation - retelling - role playing...downfall was budget cuts
Zone of Proximal Development
Intermediate Fluency
Dual Immersion Education
Suggestopedia
13. Learning is based on stimulus repsonse...Pavlov and Skinner were notable behaviorist
Behaviorism
Intermediate Fluency
Stages of Second Language Development
Grammatical Approach
14. Born with capacity for language (aka universal grammar)...part of brain call the LAD (Language Aquistion Device)
Chomsky
Integrative Motivation
Audiolingual Method
ESL Pull Out
15. First aquire fluency in L1...goal is to transition into English only classroom asap...3 years of lessons in L1 while learning L2...many skills transfer to the L2 later
Grammar - Translation Method
Community Language Learning
Transitional Bilingual Education
Fossilization
16. Teacher is silent...students describe what they observe in L2...L1 not used...students develop their own critieria for language acquisition
The Silent Way
Direct Method
Zone of Proximal Development
ESL Collaboration/Push In
17. Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol...rubric to make content material comprehensible...preperation - building background - comprehensible input - learning strategies - interation - practice & application - lesson delivery - review & assessment
SIOP
Fossilization
BICS
Preproduction
18. Aka stablization...plateaus with L2...so accustomed to an error that he does not hear the correct use even though he is relatively fluent
Fossilization
CALLA
Bilingual Education
Advanced Fluency
19. 1-2 word answers....mostly present tense verbs....TEACHERS: ask short answer questions...yes/no...either/or
Preproduction
Early Production
Bilingual Education
Chomsky
20. Part of day in L1 other part in L2...students are able to keep up with grade level work while learning English
Preproduction
Stages of Second Language Development
Bilingual Education
Total Physical Repsonse
21. Meaning from experiences...born with ability to acquire language comprehension...enviromental interactions
Early Production
The Silent Way
Constructivism
Total Physical Repsonse
22. 5-7 yearss...developed content area vocabulary...participates in grade level activities with minimal support...TEACHERS: continue to support students as necessary
Cognitive Approach
CALP
Advanced Fluency
Grammar - Translation Method
23. Span between with help & without help...Vygotsky's theory...instructional level is just beyond independent ability - but not unattainable (i + 1)
Grammar - Translation Method
Zone of Proximal Development
Top - Down Method
Advanced Fluency
24. Think of a car window...down: info passes through and students learn...up: high level of anxiety - blocks info from reaching learner
The Natural Way
ESL Collaboration/Push In
Affective Filter
Fossilization
25. Native & non - native work together...all students learning through two languages being translated back to back...students assume leadership roles - grade level instruction in both languages...strive for bilingualism & biliteracy
ESL Pull Out
Direct Method
Dual Immersion Education
Early Production
26. 4 quadrants of cognitive and lingusitc demands...TEACHERS: have cognitively demanding tasks that are context embedded
Student Support Schema
BICS
Instrumental Motivation
Cognitive Approach
27. Learning L2 to intergrate with culture...for immigration or marriage...Japanese - American parents send kids to Japanese language school
The Communicative Approach
Bilingual Education
Integrative Motivation
Chomsky
28. Student respond physically to lessons...Simon Says
Behaviorism
Transitional Bilingual Education
CALP
Total Physical Repsonse
29. Several months to 1 year...participates in small group activities...short phrases...some L1...grammar errors...TEACHERS: ask open ended questions...performance based assessments
Audiolingual Method
Chomsky
SIOP
Speech Emergent
30. Student centered...communication based...not in a sequence...must provide context for authentic communication
ESL Collaboration/Push In
Stages of Second Language Development
The Communicative Approach
ESL Pull Out
31. Most expensive - least effective...common in elementary schools...students pulled out for a portion of the day to recieve instruction in ESL
Krashen's Natural Approach
SIOP
Instrumental Motivation
ESL Pull Out
32. Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency...proficiency in the context reduced academic language...7 or more years to become proficient
Constructivism
Intermediate Fluency
CALP
Krashen's Natural Approach
33. 1 to 3 months...non verbal responses...activiely listens...responds to commands...reluctant to speak...TEACHERS: use gestures - realia - pictures...do not force students to speak
Preproduction
ESL Pull Out
CALLA
Bottom - Up Method
34. Traditional order is reversed...writing taught first...students develop quicker because it is a private activity so the affective filter is low
Bottom - Up Method
Total Physical Repsonse
Chomsky
Bilingual Education
35. Preproduction...Early Production...Speech Emergent...Intermediate Fluency...Advanced Fluency
The Natural Way
Audiolingual Method
Chomsky
Stages of Second Language Development
36. Learner centered...learning functions (memory & cognition)...explicit teaching of learning stategies in communivative ways
The Natural Way
ESL Collaboration/Push In
Intermediate Fluency
Cognitive Approach
37. Students choose what they want to learn...collaborate with each other...teacher is conselor...L1 is encouraged...similar to Natural Approach
The Natural Way
Grammar - Translation Method
Advanced Fluency
Community Language Learning
38. L2 is learned by memorizing rules and patterns...isolated from meaningful context
Integrative Motivation
Bilingual Education
Constructivism
Grammatical Approach
39. Memorization & recall of patterns...patterned drills & dialouge to develop grammatical structures & vocabulary in a sequence
Grammar - Translation Method
Audiolingual Method
Bottom - Up Method
Direct Method