Essential Practices for Supporting
Diverse Learners
5 equity literacy principles - correct answer-Direct confrontation, Redistribution, Prioritization,
Equity ideology, #FixInjusticeNotKids
Achievement Gap - correct answer-measurable disparity that persists year after year in the
educational performance between students of different socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic
backgrounds.
Acquisition-Learning hypothesis - correct answer-there are two independent systems of
foreign language performance: 'the acquired system' and 'the learned system'
Action & Expression - correct answer-the HOW of learning
i.e. Traditional paper, presentation, play, broadcast, etc.; provide opportunities for feedback
and revision; increase low-stakes assignments
ADA - correct answer-This civil rights law prohibits disability discrimination by schools,
employers, and anyone who offers goods and services to the public.
Affective Filter hypothesis - correct answer-states that students are less available to learn
language (or content) if they are in a stressed, unmotivated, or affectively unhealthy frame of
mind.
BICS - correct answer-the social or playground language (6 months-2 years) (basic
interpersonal communicative skills)
CALP - correct answer-content language that helps student be social in class (takes 5-7
years)
Collaborative Advocacy - correct answer-an approach to advocating for children with
disabilities that utilizes collaborative problem-solving skills and relationship-strengthening
strategies to resolve disagreements
, Cultural Identity - correct answer-like a tapestry. Each of us pulls threads from multiple
cultural contexts (school, church, neighborhood, country)
Culturally Responsive Teaching - correct answer-a pedagogy that recognizes the importance
of including students' cultural references in all aspects of learning.
Culture - correct answer-a set of values, beliefs and behaviors shared by a group of people.
Curriculum Compacting - correct answer-an instructional technique that is specifically
designed to make appropriate curricular adjustments for students in any curricular area and
at any grade level
Describe the 4 recommended practices and strategies that can be effective for ELs. - correct
answer-a. Teach a set of academic vocabulary words intensively across several days using
a variety of instructional activities
b. Integrate oral and written English language instruction into content-area teaching
c. Provide regular, structured opportunities to develop written language skills
d. Provide small-group instructional intervention to students struggling in areas of literacy
and English language development
Describe the 6 stages of second-language acquisition. - correct answer-1. Pre-production
(silent period)
2. Early production (short words/sentences)
3. Speech emergent (more and longer speech, lots of errors)
4, Beginning fluency (fairly fluent speech, low errors, content language and expressing self is
challenging)
5. Intermediate fluency (fluent, esp. socially. Some gaps in vocab, unknown expressions.
High order thinking)
6. Advanced fluency (fluent in all contexts)
Differentiated Classroom - correct answer-use time flexibly, call upon a range of instructional
strategies. Teachers become partners with their students to see that both what is learned
and the learning environment are shaped to the learner.
Due Process - correct answer-a formal way to resolve disputes with a school about your
child's education.
Effective instruction for ELs should integrate what? - correct answer-language skills and
content
Effective Learning Community tenets - correct answer--everyone feels welcome and
contributes to everyone else feeling welcome
-mutual respect is non-negotiable
-students feel safe in the classroom
-there is a pervasive expectation of growth
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