English Language Learner

What is the definition(s) of an English Language Learner?

• Children who have difficulty performing classwork in English

• A student whose native tongue is a language other than English

• A student who speaks a different language at home other than English

• All of the above

Do you have to be an immigrant to be considered an ELL?

• Yes

• No

How many states have English Language Learners in their school systems?

• 32

• 19

• 50

• 9

Morphology is

• A branch of Linguistics

• The study of words structures

• All of the above

What are words?

• Something that is arbitrary

• pairing of sound and meaning

• All of the above

What are morphemes?

• Suffixes

• Small units of words

• the study of words structures

Free morphemes are

• Morphemes that cannot stand alone as a word, and must be attached to a free morpheme

• Words or morphemes that keep the same form every time used and are unchangeable, including conjunctions

• Words that are made up of only one morpheme and can stand alone as an English word

There are specific stages that the learner goes through when acquiring a new language.

• True

• False

A structured skill-based approach facilitates the acquisition of a second language.

• True

• False

Placing the second language student in the mainstream English-speaking classroom will ensure that the student quickly acquires English.

• True

• False