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ACADEMIC LANGUAGE

ACADEMIC LANGUAGE. DEFINITIONS IN PRACTICE. IS IT OR ISN’T IT?. DEFINING VOCABULARY. IS IT OR ISN’T IT?. TALKING ABOUT THE CONTENT. IS IT OR ISN’T IT?. A WRITING TASK RELATED TO THE CONTENT. IS IT OR ISN’T IT?. HELPING A STRUGGLING READER. IS IT OR ISN’T IT?. TEACHING LISTENING SKILLS.

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ACADEMIC LANGUAGE

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  1. ACADEMIC LANGUAGE DEFINITIONS IN PRACTICE

  2. IS IT OR ISN’T IT? DEFINING VOCABULARY

  3. IS IT OR ISN’T IT? TALKING ABOUT THE CONTENT

  4. IS IT OR ISN’T IT? A WRITING TASK RELATED TO THE CONTENT

  5. IS IT OR ISN’T IT? HELPING A STRUGGLING READER

  6. IS IT OR ISN’T IT? TEACHING LISTENING SKILLS

  7. IS IT OR ISN’T IT? EXPLAINING THE STRUCTURE OF AN ACADEMIC GENRE

  8. DEFINITIONS • Zwiers: ". . . the set of words, grammar, and organizational strategies used to describe complex ideas, higher-order thinking processes, and abstract concepts." • TPA: "Academic language is the oral and written language, sometimes accompanied by visuals such as pictures or charts, needed by students to understand and communicate in the academic disciplines for specific purposes and often for a distant audience.

  9. KEY LANGUAGE DEMAND • Determining a language focus for your lesson • More than just vocabulary • More than just students’ needs/areas of weakness • More than tossing out AL; involves supporting students’ use of key language demand • TPA - “Academic language includes such things as specialized vocabulary as well as grammar, style, and organization associated with genres within a field (e.g., literary criticism, explanations of historical phenomena, lab reports) and other language-related activities typical of classrooms, (e.g., expressing disagreement, discussing ideas, asking for clarification).”

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