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Caslon Language Education Index

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

mainstream multilingual and bilingual models

• Additive bilingual programs for majority language speakers. Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

maintenance bilingual education

• A model or type of developmental bilingual education for English language learners and, at times, English speakers who are proficient in the target language. These programs last at least five years. Their goals are bilingualism, biliteracy, academic achievement in two languages, and positive cultural identity development. These programs are also referred to as one-way developmental bilingual programs. Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners by Else Hamayan, Barbara Marler, Cristina Sánchez-López, and Jack Damico

maintenance bilingual program

• Additive bilingual program for minority language speakers. Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

majority language

• The dominant societal language (e.g., English in the United States). This language is the higher status, more powerful language in society and often is used for official or public purposes (e.g., education, government, mainstream media). English Language Learners at School by Else Hamayan and Rebecca Field

• The language spoken by the majority of people in a described location (school, community, or state), or the official language of the location—even if fewer than half of the people in the area are fluent in that language. Compare to Minority language. Young Dual Language Learners by Karen N. Nemeth

maximal bilingual

• Bilinguals having as extensive control of their second language as of their first.

meaning-based literacy

• Literacy instruction that is meaningful and functional for the emergent readers or writers. In meaning-based literacy, the text, writing activities, skills and tasks are taught in comprehensible, concrete, and engaging contexts that the learners can relate to personally (Fife, 2006). Implementing Effective Instruction for English Language Learners by Suzanne Wagner and Tamara King

meta-analysis

• Quantiative research methodology that allows researchers to find effect sizes across different studies. Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

metacognition

• Higher-order thinking that involves active control over the cognitive processes engaged in learning. Activities such as planning how to approach a given learning task, monitoring comprehension, and evaluating progress toward the completion of a task are metacognitive in nature.

metalanguage

• Thinking and talking about language and, in the case of biliteracy, understanding the relationships between and within languages. It is the language used to talk about language, and its mastery allows students to analyze how language can be leveraged to express meaning. The development of metalanguage includes the ability to identify, analyze, and manipulate language forms and to analyze sounds, symbols, grammar, vocabulary, and language structures between and within languages. It has been identified as one of three fundamental skills, along with the psycholinguistic abilities, necessary to decode and comprehend. Biliteracy from the Start by Kathy Escamilla, Susan Hopewell, Sandra Butvilofsky, Wendy Sparrow, Lucinda Soltero-González, Olivia Ruiz-Figueroa, and Manuel Escamilla

metalinguistic awareness

• The understanding of how language works and how it changes and adapts in different circumstances. The teaching of metalinguistic awareness means helping students learn to “think about language” and understand the explicit parts of language that together create the language system. In bilingual learners of Spanish and English, it is the understanding of how the two languages are similar and different. Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow

• Ability to think and talk about language and language systems. Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

• The ability to recognize the components and features of language in general and of the particular languages being developed by the student. This skill is more highly developed in bilingual people. Young Dual Language Learners by Karen N. Nemeth

meta-narratives

• National discourses that defi ne national identities (who belongs). Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

Meyer v. Nebraska

• 1954 Supreme Court case involving a parochial school teacher accused of teaching the Bible in German to an elementary-age student. The Court ruled that the state does not have a compelling interest to forbid the teaching of languages other than English in school. Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

migrant

• A student whose parent or guardian is a migratory agricultural worker, including workers in the dairy and fishing industries, and who, in the preceding 36 months, has accompanied a parent or guardian who is engaged in temporary or seasonal employment. Some broaden this definition to include students whose parents must move frequently in order to find any sort of work to support the family, thus frequently interrupting or stopping their education.Teaching Adolescent English Language Learners by Nancy Cloud, Judah Lakin, Erin Leininger, Laura Maxwell

minimal pairs

• Words that differ by single phoneme (e.g., sand/hand, bit/bet, rag/rat), typically used to help students distinguish specific sounds that change the meanings of words and help students improve their pronunciation. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, second edition by Wayne E. Wright

minority or dominated languages

• Language used by language groups who are politically and socially placed in a minority situation (status). Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

• Any language or variety of a language other than the majority language. These languages are lower status, less powerful languages in society and are generally used for more private or unofficial purposes (e.g., home, local community religious and secular institutions). English Language Learners at School by Else Hamayan and Rebecca Field

• A language that is spoken by less than half of the people in a described location, or a language that is not the official language or most powerful language influence in a state or area. Compare to Majority language. Young Dual Language Learners by Karen N. Nemeth

model

• Explicit and interactive instruction where student responsibility for learning is gradually released from teacher modeling and explanation, to guided practice, and then to independent practice. Biliteracy from the Start by Kathy Escamilla, Susan Hopewell, Sandra Butvilofsky, Wendy Sparrow, Lucinda Soltero-González, Olivia Ruiz-Figueroa, and Manuel Escamilla

modeled writing

• A teaching approach where the teacher demonstrates for students the process of writing a text and multiple uses of writing as a communicative and learning tool. In modeled writing, the teacher encodes the message and students watch as they participate orally in the composition of the written piece. The teacher writes the text produced, which is at a higher level than what the students would be able to compose independently. Biliteracy from the Start by Kathy Escamilla, Susan Hopewell, Sandra Butvilofsky, Wendy Sparrow, Lucinda Soltero-González, Olivia Ruiz-Figueroa, and Manuel Escamilla
• Writing instruction in which the teacher constructs a text in enlarged print (e.g., on chart paper), demonstrating a variety of writing strategies and techniques students are expected to learn and use in their own writing. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, second edition by Wayne E. Wright

model performance indicators (MPIs)

• A component of the WIDA English language development standards designed to help teachers plan and differentiate instruction for students based on their level of English language proficiency. The indicators provide examples of observable language behaviors that ELLs at different levels of proficiency can be expected to demonstrate when completing various classroom tasks. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, second edition by Wayne E. Wright

monoglossic perspective

• Views monolingualism as the norm and treats the languages of bilinguals as two separate distinct systems, as if students are two monolinguals in one (double monolingualism). Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, second edition by Wayne E. Wright

monolingual

• Commonly used to refer to a person or program that uses only one language. Given that all language users speak multiple varieties of the same language, the notion of a monolingual speaker is somewhat misleading. Given that all programs include students that use more than one language or variety of a language, the notion of a monolingual program is also somewhat misleading.

moribund languages

• Languages that are no longer used by children. Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

morphology

• The study of the meaningful parts of words, such as prefixes and suffixes. Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow

• The study of the structure of words. The central unit of study is the morpheme, the smallest unit of meaning or grammatical function. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, second edition by Wayne E. Wright

multilingualism

• Development of linguistic repertoires in more than two languages. Foundations for Multilingualism in Education by Ester de Jong

multiple measures

• Different forms of formal and informal formative and summative assessments used together to provide accurate measures of what a student knows and can do. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, second edition by Wayne E. Wright

multi-trait scoring

• Refers to scoring a piece of student writing by considering several traits, for example, clear opinion (main idea), adequate details to support the opinion, and a strong conclusion. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, second edition by Wayne E. Wright

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