Language+Terms

**Teacher Terms Student Terms

 Student Terms ** 

Examples: ** [|alliteration]
 * Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sounds in two or more words. **
 *  alliteration. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alliteration

**Cliche: Something that has become overly familiar or commonplace. An expression. ** Cliche examples: ** [|cliche]
 *  cliche. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cliche

**Cognates: Of the same or similar nature. Words that are similar in spelling and meaning in two different languages. ** ** cognate. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cognate Cognates examples: [|cognates] ** 

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration. hyperbole. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperbole Hypberbole Examples: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">[|hyperbole] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

Idioms: A <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">n expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> idiom. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idiom Idiom examples: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">[|idioms] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

Metaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them. metaphor. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metaphor Metaphor Examples: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">[|metaphors] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

Onomatopoeia: The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it. onomatopoeia. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia examples: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">[|onomatopoeia] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

Personification: Something having the qualities of a person. personification. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personification Personification examples: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">[|personification] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

Pun: The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest tow or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. pun. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pun Pun examples: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">[|puns] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

Simile: A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as. simile. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile Simile examples: [|simile]

Slang: An informal nonstandard vocabulary. slang. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slang Slang examples: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal;">[|slang] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"> Syntax: The way in which linguistic elements are put together to form phrases or clauses. syntax. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//.Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syntax Syntax examples: [|syntax]

 Teacher Terms

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> BICS: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills - language skills for social situations. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; font-weight: normal;">[|BICS]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> CALLA: Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 145%;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">[|CALLA overview] [|CALLA pdf]
 * CALLA link:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> ** CALP: Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency - knowledge needed for academic subjects ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; font-weight: normal;">CALP Link: [|CALP] **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">** CBEC : ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 32px;">** Content Based ESL Curriculum ** **Article:** [|CBEC]


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">L1: ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">a student's first language or native language. **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">
 * Link: ** [|L1]

** L2: ** ** the new or other language being learned. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 135%;"> [|L2 methods] [|L2 methods #2]
 * L2 Teaching Approaches**:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">** linguistics. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary//. Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linguistics Linguistic Link****:** [|Linguistic]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Linguistics ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">: the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure and modification of language. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 135%;">** phonics. (2010). In //Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.// Retrieved April 3, 2010, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phonics Phonics method**: [|phonics]
 * Phonics: a method of teaching reading which relies heavily on students knowing their alphabet and the letter sounds. **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Second Language Acquisition: The process of learning a second language. **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 135%;">
 * Stages of second language acquistion:** [|Second Language Acquisition]

** Semantics ** ** : ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 135%;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**Semantics Link:** http://www.teachingexpertise.com/articles/semantic-knowledge-1112

SIOP: (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Link: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 135%;">[|SIOP Institute] [|New Horizons: SIOP] [|SIOP information] [|SIOP model]

[|SDAIE strategies] [|SDAIE link 1] [|SDAIE link 3] **
 * SDAIE: (Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 135%;">
 * Links:**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 135%; font-weight: normal;">[|SDAIE link 2]