BICS and CALP Information on BICS and CALP
Questions And Correct Answers with Complete
Solutions
BICS stands for - ANSWER Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP stands for - ANSWER Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
BICS is language necessary ... - ANSWER for day to day living, including
conversations with friends, informal language.
CALP is language necessary.... - ANSWER to understand and discuss content in
classroom.
Context embedded - ANSWER means that the conversation is often face-to-
face, offers many cues to the listener such as facial expressions, gestures, concrete
objects of reference (BICS).
Cognitively undemanding language - ANSWER is easy to understand, deals with
everyday language and occurrences and uses simple language structure.
Context Reduced - ANSWER is the language of the classroom in which there
are fewer non-verbal cues and the language is more abstract.
Cognitively Demanding - ANSWER language relates to abstract concepts has
specialized vocabulary and uses a more complex language structure.
Questions And Correct Answers with Complete
Solutions
BICS stands for - ANSWER Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP stands for - ANSWER Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
BICS is language necessary ... - ANSWER for day to day living, including
conversations with friends, informal language.
CALP is language necessary.... - ANSWER to understand and discuss content in
classroom.
Context embedded - ANSWER means that the conversation is often face-to-
face, offers many cues to the listener such as facial expressions, gestures, concrete
objects of reference (BICS).
Cognitively undemanding language - ANSWER is easy to understand, deals with
everyday language and occurrences and uses simple language structure.
Context Reduced - ANSWER is the language of the classroom in which there
are fewer non-verbal cues and the language is more abstract.
Cognitively Demanding - ANSWER language relates to abstract concepts has
specialized vocabulary and uses a more complex language structure.
