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==academic content standards==
 
==academic content standards==
 
* Descriptions of benchmarks of student achievement in the core subject areas. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/ <i>Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/authors/ Margo Gottlieb and Diep Nguyen]
 
* Descriptions of benchmarks of student achievement in the core subject areas. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/ <i>Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/authors/ Margo Gottlieb and Diep Nguyen]
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==academic discourse==
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* General and content-specific vocabulary, specialized or complex grammatical structures, and language functions and discourse structures used by members of an academic discourse community (e.g., scientists, mathematicians, poets) to acquire new knowledge and skills, communicate about a topic, or impart information to others. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/ <i>Differentiating Instruction and Assessment: A Guide for K–12 Teachers</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/authors/ Shelley Fairbairn and Stephaney Jones-Vo]
  
 
==academic fluency==
 
==academic fluency==
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* The language used in the learning of academic subject matter in formal schooling contexts. It involves aspects of language strongly associated with literacy and [[#academic achievement|academic achievement]], including specific academic terms or technical language and speech registers as related to each field of study (e.g., math, science, social studies, language arts) (see [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(R)#register|register]]). [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/8/teaching-adolescent-english-language-learners-esse/ <i>Teaching Adolescent English Language Learners</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/8/teaching-adolescent-english-language-learners-esse/authors/ Nancy Cloud, Judah Lakin, Erin Leininger, Laura Maxwell]
 
* The language used in the learning of academic subject matter in formal schooling contexts. It involves aspects of language strongly associated with literacy and [[#academic achievement|academic achievement]], including specific academic terms or technical language and speech registers as related to each field of study (e.g., math, science, social studies, language arts) (see [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(R)#register|register]]). [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/8/teaching-adolescent-english-language-learners-esse/ <i>Teaching Adolescent English Language Learners</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/8/teaching-adolescent-english-language-learners-esse/authors/ Nancy Cloud, Judah Lakin, Erin Leininger, Laura Maxwell]
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* The oral and written language used for school success, which is developed primarily through reading academic texts and participating in [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(A)#academic discourse|academic discourse]] communities. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/ <i>Differentiating Instruction and Assessment: A Guide for K–12 Teachers</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/authors/ Shelley Fairbairn and Stephaney Jones-Vo]
  
 
* The language skills needed to process and communicate knowledge and skills related to content. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/ <i>Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/authors/ Margo Gottlieb and Diep Nguyen]
 
* The language skills needed to process and communicate knowledge and skills related to content. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/ <i>Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/authors/ Margo Gottlieb and Diep Nguyen]
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* The use of language in acquiring academic content in formal schooling contexts, including specialized or technical language and [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(D)#discourse/Discourse|discourse]] related to each content area. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/3/implementing-effective-instruction-english-languag/ <i>Implementing Effective Instruction for English Language Learners</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/3/implementing-effective-instruction-english-languag/authors/ Suzanne Wagner and Tamara King]
 
* The use of language in acquiring academic content in formal schooling contexts, including specialized or technical language and [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(D)#discourse/Discourse|discourse]] related to each content area. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/3/implementing-effective-instruction-english-languag/ <i>Implementing Effective Instruction for English Language Learners</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/3/implementing-effective-instruction-english-languag/authors/ Suzanne Wagner and Tamara King]
  
* Refers to the level of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|language proficiency]] students need to successfully comprehend and perform grade-level academic tasks. This term is problematic, however, because the level of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|proficiency]] needed varies widely and depends on the tasks and the language demands. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* Refers to the level of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|language proficiency]] students need to successfully comprehend and perform grade-level academic tasks. This term is problematic, however, because the level of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|proficiency]] needed varies widely and depends on the tasks and the language demands. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==academic language register==
 
==academic language register==
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==accommodations==
 
==accommodations==
* In testing [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]], refers to modifications in the testing environment or testing procedures, or modifications to the test instrument itself, that are intended to make up for a student’s lack of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|proficiency]] in the language of the test (e.g., providing extra time, oral interpretation of test directions or items, [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home language(s)|home-language]] versions of the test). [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* In testing [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]], refers to modifications in the testing environment or testing procedures, or modifications to the test instrument itself, that are intended to make up for a student’s lack of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|proficiency]] in the language of the test (e.g., providing extra time, oral interpretation of test directions or items, [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home language(s)|home-language]] versions of the test). [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==acculturation==
 
==acculturation==
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* Process of adjusting to and [[#assimilation|assimilating]] a new culture. A stage model of cultural adaptation suggests that the individual moves from fascination with the new culture, to awareness of differences between the primary and new cultures, to increasing participation in the new culture, to [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(C)#culture shock|culture shock]] (in which the clash between the two cultures becomes apparent), to emotional overload, to instrumental adaptation (the individual either retreats into [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home culture|home culture]], gives up the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home culture|home culture]] altogether, or adopts part of the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home culture|home culture]] and part of the new culture), to integrative adaptation (the individual experiences either a culture split or successful integration), to structural adaptation (the individual maintains a comfortable balance between his or her native and new cultural practices). [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/1/special-education-considerations-english-language-/ <i>Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/1/special-education-considerations-english-language-/authors/ Else Hamayan, Barbara Marler, Cristina Sánchez-López, and Jack Damico]
 
* Process of adjusting to and [[#assimilation|assimilating]] a new culture. A stage model of cultural adaptation suggests that the individual moves from fascination with the new culture, to awareness of differences between the primary and new cultures, to increasing participation in the new culture, to [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(C)#culture shock|culture shock]] (in which the clash between the two cultures becomes apparent), to emotional overload, to instrumental adaptation (the individual either retreats into [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home culture|home culture]], gives up the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home culture|home culture]] altogether, or adopts part of the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home culture|home culture]] and part of the new culture), to integrative adaptation (the individual experiences either a culture split or successful integration), to structural adaptation (the individual maintains a comfortable balance between his or her native and new cultural practices). [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/1/special-education-considerations-english-language-/ <i>Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/1/special-education-considerations-english-language-/authors/ Else Hamayan, Barbara Marler, Cristina Sánchez-López, and Jack Damico]
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==acculturation model==
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* Describes, interprets, explains, and predicts how the language, social, or psychological distance between a language learner’s home (e.g., Spanish, Arabic) and new language and culture (e.g., English) influences that language learner’s acquisition of the new language and culture. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/ <i>Differentiating Instruction and Assessment: A Guide for K–12 Teachers</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/authors/ Shelley Fairbairn and Stephaney Jones-Vo]
  
 
==acquisition planning==
 
==acquisition planning==
 
* A teacher self-evaluation and critical reflection tool for systematically collecting and analyzing data from his or her own classroom and using the results to improve teaching and learning. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
 
* A teacher self-evaluation and critical reflection tool for systematically collecting and analyzing data from his or her own classroom and using the results to improve teaching and learning. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
 
==action research==
 
==action research==
* A form of teacher self-evaluation and critical reflection that involves their collecting and analyzing data from their own classrooms and using the results to improve teaching and learning.[https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* A form of teacher self-evaluation and critical reflection that involves their collecting and analyzing data from their own classrooms and using the results to improve teaching and learning.[https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==active reading strategies==
 
==active reading strategies==
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* The situation in which the acquisition of a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language|second language]] is added to an individual or group’s linguistic skills without the loss or displacement of the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(F)#first language|first language]] ([[http://caslonpublishing.com/about/staff/  Freeman], 2004). Educators who believe that additive bilingualism is a valuable resource develop language education programs that plan ways to use the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELL's]] [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(P)#primary language|primary language]] as a valuable resource for learning. In addition, they strive to maintain and improve the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(P)#primary language|primary language]] of the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] while they are learning English. (See contrasting definition of  [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#subtractive bilingualism|subtractive bilingualism]].) [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/3/implementing-effective-instruction-english-languag/ <i>Implementing Effective Instruction for English Language Learners</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/3/implementing-effective-instruction-english-languag/authors/ Suzanne Wagner and Tamara King]
 
* The situation in which the acquisition of a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language|second language]] is added to an individual or group’s linguistic skills without the loss or displacement of the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(F)#first language|first language]] ([[http://caslonpublishing.com/about/staff/  Freeman], 2004). Educators who believe that additive bilingualism is a valuable resource develop language education programs that plan ways to use the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELL's]] [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(P)#primary language|primary language]] as a valuable resource for learning. In addition, they strive to maintain and improve the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(P)#primary language|primary language]] of the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] while they are learning English. (See contrasting definition of  [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#subtractive bilingualism|subtractive bilingualism]].) [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/3/implementing-effective-instruction-english-languag/ <i>Implementing Effective Instruction for English Language Learners</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/3/implementing-effective-instruction-english-languag/authors/ Suzanne Wagner and Tamara King]
  
* A situation in which a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language|second language]] is eventually added to a student’s [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#native language|native language]] without replacing it. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* A situation in which a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language|second language]] is eventually added to a student’s [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home language(s)|home language]] without replacing it. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==adequate yearly progress (AYP)==
 
==adequate yearly progress (AYP)==
 
* Target of the percentage of students expected to score "proficient" on state test (part of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)|No Child Left Behind]] legislation) [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
 
* Target of the percentage of students expected to score "proficient" on state test (part of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)|No Child Left Behind]] legislation) [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
  
* The amount of progress a school or school district must make each year toward reaching target objectives (see [[#Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO)|Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO)]]) under the federal [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)|No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)]]. Determined mainly by student scores on state-wide tests. To make AYP under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title I]] of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)|NCLB]], increasingly higher percentages of students in each subgroup in each tested grade level must pass the state tests each year. To make AYP under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title III]], increasingly higher percentages of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] must make progress in learning English, attain English proficiency, and also make AYP under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title I]]. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* The amount of progress a school or school district must make each year toward reaching target objectives (see [[#Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO)|Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO)]]) under the federal [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)|No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)]]. Determined mainly by student scores on state-wide tests. To make AYP under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title I]] of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)|NCLB]], increasingly higher percentages of students in each subgroup in each tested grade level must pass the state tests each year. To make AYP under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title III]], increasingly higher percentages of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] must make progress in learning English, attain English proficiency, and also make AYP under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title I]]. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==advancing bilingual strand==
 
==advancing bilingual strand==
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* Organized efforts and actions to create a just, decent society. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
 
* Organized efforts and actions to create a just, decent society. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
  
* Going beyond daily teaching responsibilities to support causes and work for changes to ensure the equitable treatment of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] within the school, district, state, and country and to ensure that their unique linguistic, academic, and cultural needs are being fully addressed. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* Going beyond daily teaching responsibilities to support causes and work for changes to ensure the equitable treatment of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] within the school, district, state, and country and to ensure that their unique linguistic, academic, and cultural needs are being fully addressed. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==advocacy-based program evaluations==
 
==advocacy-based program evaluations==
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* A kind of mental barrier that can block language that would be otherwise understood from reaching the part of the brain that processes language. Factors that can raise the filter and block input include fatigue, distraction, anxiety, and being in a state of culture shock (see [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(C)#culture shock|culture shock]]).[http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/8/teaching-adolescent-english-language-learners-esse/ <i>Teaching Adolescent English Language Learners</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/8/teaching-adolescent-english-language-learners-esse/authors/ Nancy Cloud, Judah Lakin, Erin Leininger, Laura Maxwell]
 
* A kind of mental barrier that can block language that would be otherwise understood from reaching the part of the brain that processes language. Factors that can raise the filter and block input include fatigue, distraction, anxiety, and being in a state of culture shock (see [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(C)#culture shock|culture shock]]).[http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/8/teaching-adolescent-english-language-learners-esse/ <i>Teaching Adolescent English Language Learners</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/8/teaching-adolescent-english-language-learners-esse/authors/ Nancy Cloud, Judah Lakin, Erin Leininger, Laura Maxwell]
  
* Refers to factors, such as fear, anxiety, shyness, and lack of motivation that can block [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(C)#comprehensible input|comprehensible input]] and thus prevent [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language acquisition|second language acquisition]]. Lowering the affective filter allows learners to receive more [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(C)#comprehensible input|comprehensible input]] and thus enables them to acquire more of the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language|second language]]. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* Introduced by [https://www.casloncommunity.com/resources/216/ Krashen] (1982) to account for the influence of affective factors such as motivation, self-confidence, and anxiety on [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language acquisition|second language acquisition]]. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/ <i>Differentiating Instruction and Assessment: A Guide for K–12 Teachers</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/authors/ Shelley Fairbairn and Stephaney Jones-Vo]
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* Refers to factors, such as fear, anxiety, shyness, and lack of motivation that can block [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(C)#comprehensible input|comprehensible input]] and thus prevent [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language acquisition|second language acquisition]]. Lowering the affective filter allows learners to receive more [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(C)#comprehensible input|comprehensible input]] and thus enables them to acquire more of the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(S)#second language|second language]]. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==alignment==
 
==alignment==
 
*  The degree of correspondence between two entities, such as the extent of match between standards and assessment or between two assessments. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/ <i>Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/authors/ Margo Gottlieb and Diep Nguyen]
 
*  The degree of correspondence between two entities, such as the extent of match between standards and assessment or between two assessments. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/ <i>Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/authors/ Margo Gottlieb and Diep Nguyen]
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==alphabetic principle==
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* The understanding that there are systematic and predictable relationships between written letters and spoken sounds. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/ <i>Differentiating Instruction and Assessment: A Guide for K–12 Teachers</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/26/differentiating-instruction-and-assessment/authors/ Shelley Fairbairn and Stephaney Jones-Vo]
  
 
==alternative assessment==
 
==alternative assessment==
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==analytic scoring==
 
==analytic scoring==
* A form of assessment that focuses on several aspects of a student’s performance, normally guided by a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(R)#rubric(s)|rubric]] that includes separate analytic scales. For example, a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(R)#rubric(s)|rubric]] to assess student writing may contain separate analytic scales for composing, style, sentence formation, usage, and mechanics. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* A form of assessment that focuses on several aspects of a student’s performance, normally guided by a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(R)#rubric(s)|rubric]] that includes separate analytic scales. For example, a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(R)#rubric(s)|rubric]] to assess student writing may contain separate analytic scales for composing, style, sentence formation, usage, and mechanics. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==anchor chart(s)==
 
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* Annual targets related to the number of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] making progress on a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|language proficiency]] test, for [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] being proficient on the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|language proficiency]] test, and the percentage of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] meeting annual yearly progress. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
 
* Annual targets related to the number of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] making progress on a [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|language proficiency]] test, for [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] being proficient on the [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(L)#language proficiency|language proficiency]] test, and the percentage of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] meeting annual yearly progress. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
  
* Targets set by each state, as required by the federal [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)|No Child Left Behind Act of 2001]]. These indicate the percentage of students at each grade level expected to pass each state test under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title I]], and the percentage of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] expected to make progress in learning English and attain English proficiency under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title III]]. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* Targets set by each state, as required by the federal [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(N)#No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB)|No Child Left Behind Act of 2001]]. These indicate the percentage of students at each grade level expected to pass each state test under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title I]], and the percentage of [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs]] expected to make progress in learning English and attain English proficiency under [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(T)#Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act|Title III]]. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==apprenticeship==
 
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* The systematic planning, collecting, analyzing, and reporting of student data from a variety of sources over multiple points in time. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/ <i>Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/authors/ Margo Gottlieb and Diep Nguyen]
 
* The systematic planning, collecting, analyzing, and reporting of student data from a variety of sources over multiple points in time. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/ <i>Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/9/assessment-and-accountability-language-education-p/authors/ Margo Gottlieb and Diep Nguyen]
  
* The process of collecting and analyzing a wide variety of data from students that provides evidence of their learning and growth over an extended period. [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* The process of collecting and analyzing a wide variety of data from students that provides evidence of their learning and growth over an extended period. [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==assessment frameworks==
 
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* Ways of thinking and talking about the world that views (too much) linguistic and cultural diversity as a hindrance to sociocultural, economic, and political development.  [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
 
* Ways of thinking and talking about the world that views (too much) linguistic and cultural diversity as a hindrance to sociocultural, economic, and political development.  [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/ <i>Foundations for Multilingualism in Education</i>] by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/7/foundations-multilingualism-education-principles-p/authors/  Ester de Jong]
  
* [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(D)#discourse/Discourse|Discourses]] that devalue [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs']] [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home language(s)|home languages]] and cultures, seeing them as problems to overcome (also called [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(M)#monolingual/monocultural bias|monolingual]] [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(D)#discourse/Discourse|discourses]]). [http://caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], second edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/6/foundations-teaching-english-language-learners-res/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
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* [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(D)#discourse/Discourse|Discourses]] that devalue [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(E)#English language learner(s) (ELLs)|ELLs']] [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(H)#home language(s)|home languages]] and cultures, seeing them as problems to overcome (also called [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(M)#monolingual/monocultural bias|monolingual]] [[Caslon_Language_Education_Wikimedia_(D)#discourse/Discourse|discourses]]). [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/ <i>Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners</i>], third edition by [https://www.caslonpublishing.com/titles/25/foundation-teaching-ells-3e/authors/ Wayne E. Wright]
  
 
==authentic assessment==
 
==authentic assessment==

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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

academic achievement

academic content standards

academic discourse

academic fluency

academic language

  • The oral and written language used in academic texts and settings, also referred to as “formal language” or “school language.” This is the language students need to perform tasks in the content areas at grade level. It is the language students may not know but must acquire to be successful in school-based activities. Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow

academic language proficiency

academic language register

accommodations

acculturation

acculturation model

acquisition planning

action research

active reading strategies

adapted readers’ theater (ART)

additive bilingualism

adequate yearly progress (AYP)

advancing bilingual strand

advocacy

  • Going beyond daily teaching responsibilities to support causes and work for changes to ensure the equitable treatment of ELLs within the school, district, state, and country and to ensure that their unique linguistic, academic, and cultural needs are being fully addressed. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, third edition by Wayne E. Wright

advocacy-based program evaluations

affective filter

alignment

alphabetic principle

alternative assessment

ambilingual

Amendment 31

Americanization movement

analytic reading approaches

analytic scoring

  • A form of assessment that focuses on several aspects of a student’s performance, normally guided by a rubric that includes separate analytic scales. For example, a rubric to assess student writing may contain separate analytic scales for composing, style, sentence formation, usage, and mechanics. Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners, third edition by Wayne E. Wright

anchor chart(s)

anglocentricity

annual measurable achievement objectives (AMAO)

apprenticeship

appropriation

approximation

arcaísmos españoles (archaic forms of Spanish)

  • Spanish terms that can be traced back 500 years and that continue to be used today in certain areas of the Spanish-speaking world. Formerly a prestigious form of Spanish that has become less prestigious and is often associated with Spanish-speaking students from rural areas.Teaching for Biliteracy by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow

así se dice

Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State (ACCESS) test

assessment

assessment frameworks

assimilation

assimilationist discourses

authentic assessment

authentic Spanish literacy instruction

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