Exam 5: Language Development, Language Diversity, and Immigrant Education

Elvin speaks Spanish with his grandmother and English with everyone else at home,but he is starting school and needs to use English at school.Based on research about bilingualism,what should Elvin be encouraged to do about developing skills in both languages?

All but one of the following students is part of the large group often called Generation 1.5.Which student does NOT fit the characteristics of Generation 1.5?

Jaylen speaks an African American English dialect.In the history lesson today,he answers a question by stating,"They didn't have no GPS on their ships." What is the best way for his teacher to deal with Jaylen's answer?

Reese is a one-year-old child with hearing impairment.Her parents have been learning and using signed language since Reese's birth.What might they expect about their daughter's language skill development?

(Scenario from question 24) Mr.Munro teaches middle school science in a highly diverse city on the west coast.His classroom composite looks like many other classrooms in America.Two of his students are refugees from Thailand.Many are immigrants from Asia,Mexico,and Eastern Europe.Others represent a range of racial and ethnic groups.Altogether,seven are ELL students.All are able to converse and make friends,but they struggle with academic language.Mr.Munro has found that using a sheltered instruction approach to teach science content and language skills works best with these students. Describe at least four specific things Mr.Munro is doing or might do to provide affective and emotional/social support for these middle school students during science class.Explain how each of these actions or strategies provides affective,emotional/social support.

Which child is using outside-in skills?

Mr.Munro teaches middle school science in a highly diverse city on the west coast.His classroom composite looks like many other classrooms in America.Two of his students are refugees from Thailand.Many are immigrants from Asia,Mexico,and Eastern Europe.Others represent a range of racial and ethnic groups.Altogether,seven are ELL students.All are able to converse and make friends,but they struggle with academic language.Mr.Munro has found that using a sheltered instruction approach to teach science content and language skills works best with these students. Describe specifically how Mr.Munro might teach his content area of science using sheltered instruction.Incorporate ideas for science-related and language-related instruction and support for all elements of sheltered instruction.

Ms.Fonteneau has six ELL students in her fifth grade classroom.For science and social studies lessons,she introduces new vocabulary to these students,provides extra background information in simple terms,and often gives them handouts with graphics and summaries to help them learn English as they learn content.Ms.Fonteneau is most likely using:

Polina is a Russian immigrant.She has no problems talking to her friends in English,but she struggles to understand concepts in content areas when they are presented in English.This indicates that Polina is proficient in:

Kolton is almost four years old and has an expressive vocabulary of about 1000 words.Based on milestones in early childhood language,what should Kolton's parents be doing to encourage Kolton's language development?

Damian is an ELL student in high school.He is able to converse enough to make friends and play games,but he does not understand academic language very well.Based on guidelines for providing emotional support for ELL students,which one of his teachers seems to be most effective in working with Damian?

In which of the following situations is the SIOP model being used?

Ken believes reading is very important and is teaching his four-year-old son the letters of the alphabet.Knowing the letters of the alphabet is what type of foundational skill for reading?

Based on information about genderlects,which of the following statements is most likely made by Calli,a middle school girl,and not one of the boys in her class?

Mattie is the four-year-old daughter of Nicole,a single mom living in poverty in an urban community.When Mattie enrolled in preschool,she didn't talk to the teacher or the other children.At snack time,she used two words to ask for more.When her mom filled out the enrollment form,she checked boxes indicating that Mattie has no books,watches TV a lot,and doesn't play with other children.As the teacher,you are prepared to give the mom activities to do at home to help Mattie develop the emergent literacy skills needed for reading. Describe Mattie's current state of language development. Explain at least five activities you recommend to Mattie's mother and describe how each activity helps with inside-out and/or outside-in (code and oral language)skill development.

The debate about critical periods and sensitive periods of development is not completely resolved.What is the predominant belief about the critical period for language learning?

Mrs.Harper has three ELL students in her fourth grade class.Which of the following strategies is LEAST likely to help her ELLs progress with language skills and succeed academically?

Which of the following situations is an example of subtractive bilingualism?

Mr.Torrence teaches high school English in a typical urban area.If the make-up of students in his classes matches the national norm,approximately how many of his students most likely speak a language other than English at home?

Alexa screamed to her mother in the grocery store,"I want Cheerios." Her mother told her to use her small,indoor voice at the store.Alexa shows that she does not yet understand: