Glossary
- Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills
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Often referred to as BICS: the ability to use social language in everyday situations.
- CALP
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Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency: the language proficiency needed to understand and express oneself effectively in academic settings, including classroom discussions, academic texts, and complex assignments. Different than conversational language.
- concept map
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a visual tool that uses diagrams to represent relationships between concepts and ideas
- culturally sustaining pedagogy
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"Culturally sustaining pedagogy maintains heritage, values, cultural and linguistic pluralism. It has the explicit goal of sustaining and supporting bi-/multilingualism and multiculturalism."
• Altheria Caldera, Ph.D. • IDRA Newsletter • May 2021
- EBs
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Emergent Bilinguals. Students who are at an emerging level of English Proficiency, and English is their 2nd language.
- homogeneously grouped
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Students with the same needs or learning gaps are grouped together.
- instructional scaffolding
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scaffolding refers to the temporary support provided to students to help them learn new concepts and skills. It's like the scaffolding used in construction, where temporary structures are used to support building as it grows. This support is gradually removed as students become more confident and capable, eventually enabling them to work independently.
- L1
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"Language 1" also known as a students first language or home langauge.
- RTI
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Response to Intervention. More targeted instruction for students who are struggling, usually small group or one-on-one.
- UDL
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Universal Design for Learning is a framework to make learning more accessible to all students based on their diverse needs as learners.
- zone of proximal development
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The zone of proximal development is the gap between what a learner has mastered and what they can potentially master with support and assistance.
