Second Language Acquistion

BICS are

• the basic social language skills used in everyday setting
• the basic academic language skills used in the classroom
• listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills needed in the classroom
• cognitively demanding, abstract, with few contextual cues

CALP is

• surface skills of listening and speaking
• academic language
• communication skills needed in the classroom between peers
• cognitively undemanding language with many clues

Which Quadrant?
written instructions with visuals
(Ikea instructions)

• Quadrant A
• Quadrant C
• Quadrant B
• Quadrant D

Which Quadrant?
Milestones Assessments

• Quadrant A
• Quadrant C
• Quadrant B
• Quadrant D

Which Quadrant?
telephone conversation

• Quadrant A
• Quadrant C
• Quadrant B
• Quadrant D

Which Quadrant?
face-to-face conversation

• Quadrant A
• Quadrant C
• Quadrant B
• Quadrant D

Which Quadrant?
lecture with few or no visuals

• Quadrant A
• Quadrant C
• Quadrant B
• Quadrant D

Which Quadrant?
written instructions

• Quadrant A
• Quadrant C
• Quadrant B
• Quadrant D

Which Quadrant?
science experiment

• Quadrant A
• Quadrant C
• Quadrant B
• Quadrant D

ESOL teachers must intentionally prepare for the teaching of social language.

• True
• False