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different types of languages in the classroom & academic language,…
different types of languages in the classroom & academic language
3 types
BICS
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
it's the students' social language
CL
Classroom language
It frames the lesson
CALP
Communicative Academic Language Proficiency
academic language of the content lesson (language that is needed for understanding, applying new ideas and concepts
specialised vocabulary
functional vocabulary
The language becomes more and more specific to the content subject.
How to plan language support in content lessons?
Content Vocabulary:
Functional Language
Language Skills
Subject-specific language
content-obligatory language
specialist vocabulary + functional language
content-compatible language
Objectives
Identifying CALP vocabulary
content-compatible or content-obligatory
pre-teaching CALP vocabulary (classroom displays, definitions, matching exercises, translation)
Identifying the functional language of CALP
creative thinking skills model
language of
classification
description
process
conclusion
self-reflecting
creating
Identifying the language demands and the support we need to give for tasks in the classroom
Mindmap: Carina Maria Heinze