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# Term Definition
1 Title III identify and help ESL students
2 ESSA allows students to test in native language, allows
cog disabilities to do alternative assessments
3 Transitional Bilingual Education teach in both languages and transition to english
4 Structured English Immersion work in classroom and with ESL tutor; in english
5 WIDA approach to teaching ESLs that focuses on
abilities and background
6 MTSS purpose address "whole child"
7 IDEA Act public education must meet needs of those wit
disabilities
8 ADA prohibits disability discrimination
9 an IEP blueprint for educational programs for
disabilities; can include specialized instruction
10 comprehensible input' necessary ingredient for the acquisition of
language.
11 The 5 hypotheses of Krashen's the Acquisition-Learning hypothesis; the Monitor
Theory of Second Language hypothesis; the Input hypothesis; the Affective
Acquisition Filter hypothesis; the Natural Order hypothesis.
12 Acquisition-Learning A deductive approach in a teacher-centered
setting produces "learning", while an inductive
approach in a student-centered setting leads to
"acquisition".
13 Monitor hypothesis The 'monitor' acts in a planning, editing and
correcting function
14 Input hypothesis the learner improves' when he/she receives
second language 'input' that is one step beyond
his/her current stage of linguistic competence.
# Term Definition
1 Title III identify and help ESL students
2 ESSA allows students to test in native language, allows
cog disabilities to do alternative assessments
3 Transitional Bilingual Education teach in both languages and transition to english
4 Structured English Immersion work in classroom and with ESL tutor; in english
5 WIDA approach to teaching ESLs that focuses on
abilities and background
6 MTSS purpose address "whole child"
7 IDEA Act public education must meet needs of those wit
disabilities
8 ADA prohibits disability discrimination
9 an IEP blueprint for educational programs for
disabilities; can include specialized instruction
10 comprehensible input' necessary ingredient for the acquisition of
language.
11 The 5 hypotheses of Krashen's the Acquisition-Learning hypothesis; the Monitor
Theory of Second Language hypothesis; the Input hypothesis; the Affective
Acquisition Filter hypothesis; the Natural Order hypothesis.
12 Acquisition-Learning A deductive approach in a teacher-centered
setting produces "learning", while an inductive
approach in a student-centered setting leads to
"acquisition".
13 Monitor hypothesis The 'monitor' acts in a planning, editing and
correcting function
14 Input hypothesis the learner improves' when he/she receives
second language 'input' that is one step beyond
his/her current stage of linguistic competence.
