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TESOL Praxis 5362

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Study of a sound system of language

kids born elsewhere but heavily socialized in the us

states can't deny education for illegal immigrants amendment 14

English Language Learner

(Cognitive academic language proficiency) the language ability needed for learning academic skills

adds es, s, ed, ing, er does not change the meaning of the word

an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up- Don't cry over spiled milk

Partial Immersion

half of the day spent learning L2

Nonverbal communication

communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech

rise and fall of the voice pitch

A morpheme that can stand alone as a word.

A pair of words that differ by only a single sound and are recognized by speakers as different words. i.e. bat/cat or hare/dare

Lexical ambiguity

A situation in which a word has two or more meanings. Example: pen-writing instrument pen- a place where pigs live
Look by the pen

What percent yearly is the ELL population growing

the study of language use

Castaneda v Pickard

1981 Court mandated a 3-step process to develop quality bilingual education: programs based on research, have adequate resources and provide opportunities for students to have access to the full curriculum.

1974 States must provide bilingual education or some type of support for students whose native language is not English. Must have equal access to education

2001 Pres. Bush designed to promote "standards-based education reform" via assessments that measure yearly progress

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

English for speakers of other languages

English as a second language

English as a Foreign Language

Are distinctive sound units that "Make a difference" when sounds form words.

phonemic sequence

permissible patterns for combing phonemes

phonemic syllabication

word ends in a consonant sound and the next word starts with a vowel
Ex: has it, give it, give up

changes the meaning of words
Ex: H/e did that?
He d/id that?
He did th/at?

rise and fall of the voice, doesn't change word meaning.
Emotions, anger, impatience

The study of word formation, deals with the internal structure of words within language

Functional words

words that we can't do without, (i.e. I me mine, he she)

Relate directly to objects, ideas, actions and description. They have a definable meaning.

in language, the smallest unit that carries meaning

A morpheme that can stand alone as a word
ex house

has to be attached to something else for it to mean something geo-graph-y (geo, y)

Derivational morphemes

affixes that can be added to a morpheme to change its meaning and may change its part of speech ex non, un, re

Inflectional morphemes

Examples: er, es, ing, Do not change the syntactic classification, and typically follow derivational morphemes.

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

Rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language

Lexical ambiguity

when a word has two or more meanings. Example: 1. pen-writing instrument 2. pen- a place where pigs live

the study of meaning in language

Lexical Decomposition

breaking down words into their more basic meaning "components" or semantic features

words that have similar meanings

gradable antonyms

stand on either side of a spectrum.
Big, and small, hot and cold. There are things in the middle.

converse antonyms

Under above, doctor patient

The meaning of the Word is logically connected to another word. piglet is connected to a pig

one of two or more words that are spelled alike but have different meanings and pronunciations, such as bass voice and bass, a fish

extended verbal expression in speech or writing, or to carry on a conversation

a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

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