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Language Learning

Language Learning. Language Use. From BICS to CALP. B asic I nterpersonal C ommunication S kills. C ognitive A cademic L anguage P roficiency. BICS and CALP. Research indicates that everyday conversational ability can be developed in two years, minimally

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Language Learning

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  1. Language Learning Language Use

  2. From BICS to CALP Basic I nterpersonalCommunication Skills Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

  3. BICS and CALP • Research indicates that everyday conversational ability can be developed in two years, minimally • Complex language ability needed to cope with classroom curriculum takes five to seven years or longer to develop • Strong BICS ability can hide an inadequate CALP ability thus accounting for low performance in school

  4. Cognitive process Conversational Proficiency Language Proficiency Pronunciation Vocabulary Grammar Remembering Understanding Applying surface Semantic Meaning Functional Meaning Analysing Evaluating Creating Cognitive/Academic process

  5. Cognitively undemanding • greeting someone • talking about the weather • today • making their own books • based on their own spoken • or written stories • reciting nursery rhymes • listening to a story or poem • on cassette • describe stories heard or • seen on TV Context Embedded Context Reduced • listening to the news • reading a book and • discussing the contents • relate new information in a • book to existing knowledge • discuss ways that language • is written; styles and • conventions • reflecting on feelings • giving instructions about • making a painting • use simple measuring skills • role play • dramatic stories • solution seeking • explaining and justifying Cognitively demanding

  6. Thomas and Collier graph –school effectiveness for language minority students.

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