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Teaching In A Pluralistic Society
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1. A group of African Americans who now align themselves primarily with the Sunni form of Islam. In the U.S. They had likely had their early beginnings in the late 1800's - but at that time had little in common with traditional Islam. In the 1970's Elij
Standard English
Co-Cultures
Black Muslims
Atheist
2. A position supported by U.S. English - a citizen's action group - which is seeking to have English declared by Congress as the official language of the United States. Individuals who support this movement believe that all public documents - records -
Catholic
Sikhism
Orthodox Jews
Official Language
3. Programs that emphasize bilingual education as a means of moving from the culture and language most commonly used for communication in the home to the mainstream of U.S. language and culture. The native language of the home is used to help the studen
Sabbath
Transitional Programs
Basic Interpersonal communications skills
Hinduism
4. The major religion of India and the third largest religion in the world - with over 750 -000 adherents and as many as 1 million in the united States. Unlike Christianity and Islam - they do not limit itself to as single religious book of writings - o
Official Language
Signed English
Hinduism
Born Again
5. A statistical phenomenon that implies that scores at the extreme ends of the statistical distribution move toward the population average - with low scores moving higher and high scores moving lower.
Islam
Basic Interpersonal communications skills
Nonstandard Dialect
Regression to the mean
6. A dialect of the same language that is not considered standard.
Nonstandard Dialect
Informal Standard
Fundamentalist Christians
American Sign Language
7. The ability to function in two languages. While some contend that bilingualism implies native-like fluency - others measure competency in two languages as adequate to be considered bilingual.
English Language Learners
Bilingualism
Creation Science
Language
8. Conservative Christians who advocate the teaching of creation as presented in the Bible as opposed to the theory of evolution. there are many different groups of these and each has their own unique set of differences - which sets them apart from othe
Signed English
Monolingualism
Fundamentalist Christians
Regression to the mean
9. A conservative religious group founded by rev. Jerry Falwell in 1979 consisting of a Christian action committee who campaigned and supported political candidates who supported Christian 'moral law' - believing that they supported the majority of peop
Argot
Ebonics
Moral Majority
Intelligent Design
10. Protestants who adhere to a simple lifestyle and simple forms of worship. They base their beliefs on the bible - particularly the New Testament - and place much focus on the Sermon on the Mount. They believe the Bible forbids them from going to war -
Unification Church
Moral Majority
Mennonite
Hinduism
11. The higher levels of proficiency required in highly structured academic situations.
Ebonics
Basic Interpersonal communications skills
Cognitive academic language proficiency
Signed English
12. Occurs when two languages are of equal value and neither dominates the other
Vernacular Black English
Secular Humanism
Additive bilingualism
Roman Catholics
13. Groups of people who exist and function apart from the dominant culture.
Co-Cultures
Official Language
Bilingualism
Formal Standard
14. The acceptable written language that is typically found in grammar books.
Roman Catholics
Formal Standard
Monolingualism
Jihad
15. The Arabic word for Muslims - which means the struggle in the path of Allah or God. It can mean the struggle against human passions and instincts - which inhibit one from doing the work of God. It can also mean an armed struggle against forces of inj
Jihad
Sikhism
Atheist
Fundamentalist Christians
16. A dialect used by the majority of African Americans and used primarily by those in working-class families.
Pedagogy
African American English
Ebonics
Subtractive bilingualism
17. The holy writings of Islam - believed by Muslims to be the exact words revealed by God or Allah to the prophet Muhammad. It is written differently in English.
Roman Catholics
Koran
Religious Right
Intelligent Design
18. Variations of a language usually determined by region or social class.
Dialects
Old Order Amish
Informal Standard
Standard English
19. Somewhat secret vocabulary of a co-culture group.
Colloquialisms
Evangelical
Language
Argot
20. God in Arabic. it is the term used for God by Muslims and Arab Christians.
Liberal Protestants
Black Muslims
Allah
Dialects
21. The general name given to an extremely divers group of Christians - who may differ slightly or greatly from one another. Together they form the second largest Christian group in the world after Roman Catholics. They are centered primarily in Europe a
Allah
Protestants
Proposition 227
Catholic
22. The use of two languages as media of instruction. It accepts and develops native language and culture in the instructional process to learn english and to learn academic subject matter. It may use the native language - as well as English - as the med
Fundamentalist
Regression to the mean
African American English
Bilingual Education
23. A spiritualistic movement that began in the early 1980's. it has roots in the 19th century spiritualism and in the counterculture movement of the 1960's - rejecting materialism and favoring spiritual experience to organized religion. It emphasizes re
Colloquialisms
Intelligent Design
Cognitive academic language proficiency
New Age
24. The oldest - most conservative - and most diverse form of Judaism. They look upon every word in their sacred texts as being divinely inspired. They adhere to a strict dietary law (kosher) - which requires the use of special ingredients and preparatio
Allah
Orthodox Jews
Buddhism
English Language Learners
25. An initiative passed by California voters in 1998 that required all language minority students to be educated in sheltered English immersion programs - not normally intended to exceed one year. Although it has not completely succeeded - i was designe
Buddhism
Orthodox Jews
Allah
Proposition 227
26. The informal or conversational speech in a community.
Ebonics
Formal Standard
Colloquialisms
Regression to the mean
27. The adherents of Islam. Estimates are as high as 1.3 billion in the world - and the highest estimates in the U.S. are approximately 7 million. Only about 20% of them live in the Middle East. India and Indonesia have the largest numbers with about 175
Muslim
Unification Church
Bidialectical
Transitional Programs
28. Members comprise the largest Christian church in the world with over 1 billion adherents. Most believers live in Europe - South America - and North America. The numbers of them in Africa and Asia have been growing in recent years. Catholics believe t
Accent
Roman Catholics
Mennonite
Koran
29. Students who have limited or no English skills and who are in the process of learning English.
Proposition 227
Atheist
Argot
English Language Learners
30. A system that translates the English oral or written word into a sign.
Sikhism
Signed English
Orthodox Jews
Co-Cultures
31. The fourth largest religion in the world. Founded in 535 b.c. by Siddhartha Gautama - who was believed to be prince of India. They believe in reincarnation and emphasize virture - good conduct - morality - concentration - meditation - mental developm
Buddhism
Unification Church
Subtractive bilingualism
Bilingualism
32. Fundamentalist Protestants who accept the Bible literally as the word of God. The group may include fundamentalist militants who strongly oppose gay rights and abortion rights.
Bilingual Education
Religious Right
Nonstandard Dialect
Transitional Programs
33. Occurs when a second language replaces the first.
Informal Standard
Subtractive bilingualism
Conservative Protestants
Ebonics
34. They had their origins with the Swiss Mennonites by broke away in the 1690's because of disagreements over church discipline. Like the Mennonites - they are forbidden to go to war - swear oaths - or hold any public offices. They require their members
Old Order Amish
Hinduism
Agnostic
Monolingualism
35. Members of the Roman Catholic Church who believe that the POpe in Rome is God's visible lieutenant on earth and the rightful leader of Christianity.
Subtractive bilingualism
Catholic
Co-Cultures
English Language Learners
36. Conservative Christians who fall under a broad umbrella. Some are considered more moderate within the group and focus on social action agendas in addition to their religious agenda. Another group tends to be more conservative and focuses on issues su
Religious Right
Vernacular Black English
Evangelical
Liberal Protestants
37. The term advocated by conservative Protestants who support the teaching of the Biblical account of creation in public schools in addition to or in place of the theory of evolution.
Signed English
Black English
Subtractive bilingualism
Creation Science
38. How an individual pronounces words
Fundamentalist
Accent
Official Language
Allah
39. A dialect used by many African Americans and used primarily by those in working-class families.
Transitional Programs
African American English
Language
Muslim
40. Basic -everyday conversational skills - which English Language Learners can develop in approximately two years.
Basic Interpersonal communications skills
Formal Standard
Conservative Protestants
Informal Standard
41. The ability to speak only one language.
Standard English
Evangelical
Transitional Programs
Monolingualism
42. A day of rest and holiness observed by Jews and a minority of Christian denomination. It is observed from sunset on Friday night until nightfall on Saturday. Most Christian groups observe Sunday as the Sabbath.
American Sign Language
Old Order Amish
Evangelical
Sabbath
43. Protestants considered to be on the liberal end of the religious continuum who view Christianity in ways meaningful in a world of science and continual change. They stress the right of the individual to determine What is true in religion. They may or
Official Language
Koran
Vernacular Black English
Liberal Protestants
44. The second largest religion in the world - which is still growing n numbers and influence. It means to submit to the will of Allah or God and is derived from the same Arabic word as 'peace.' It offers hope and salvation to the righteous and God-feari
Religious Right
Intelligent Design
Islam
Colloquialisms
45. A nonreligiously based philosophy promoting man as the measure of all things. typically rejects the concept of a personal God and regards humans as supreme. Secular humanists tend to see God as a creation of man - rather than man being a creation of
Jihad
Bilingualism
Cognitive academic language proficiency
Secular Humanism
46. The English spoken by a particular group of individuals in a community. Typically this group is the professional educated middle class and the group with a high degree of influence and prestige in the community.
Standard English
Pedagogy
Additive bilingualism
American Sign Language
47. A religion founded in Korea in 1954 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Individuals outside of the faith refer to the groups adherents as 'Moonies -' considered derogatory by its members. Members refer to themselves as Unificationists. Rev. Moon moved to the
Unification Church
Conservative Protestants
Nonstandard Dialect
English Language Learners
48. A religion founded by Guru Nanak during the fifteenth or sixteenth century B.C.E in India. He drew from the elements of Hinduism and Islam - and stressed a universal single God. Union with God - he said - is accomplished through meditation and surren
Pedagogy
Informal Standard
Sikhism
Intelligent Design
49. An individual who has the ability to speak or utilize two or more dialects.
Roman Catholics
Bidialectical
Fundamentalist Christians
Bilingual Education
50. One who positively does not believe in the existence of a God or Goddess.
Accent
Atheist
Language
Basic Interpersonal communications skills