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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
total physical response (TPR)
- Instructional strategy used to introduce academic concepts in a concrete and comprehensible manner. The teacher models academic oral language accompanied by pictures, realia, and movements. Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow
transitional bilingual program
- Program that uses Spanish for a limited number of years while students learn English. Once students are considered to be English proficient, they are educated as monolingual English speakers and are assumed to have no further need of Spanish. This is a subtractive program that aims for English proficiency. It is often early exit, lasting for 3 years or less. Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow
two-language learner
- Student whose knowledge is shared across two languages. In this book, used synonymously with bilingual learner. Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow
two-way-immersion (TWI)
- A dual-language program that supports additive bilingualism, in which language-majority students and language-minority students learn together to become bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural. Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow
