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A comprehensive overview of key concepts and definitions relevant to the tesol praxis 5362 exam. It covers essential topics such as nonverbal communication, intonation, morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonology. The document also includes explanations of important court cases and legislation related to bilingual education, such as castaneda v. Pickard and lau v. Nichols. This resource is valuable for tesol students preparing for the praxis exam.
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Nonverbal communication - ANSWER communication using body movements, gestures,and facial expressions rather than speech
Intonation - ANSWER rise and fall of the voice pitch Free morpheme - ANSWER A morpheme that can stand alone as a word. Minimal pairs - ANSWER A pair of words that differ by only a single sound and arerecognized by speakers as different words. i.e. bat/cat or hare/dare
Lexical ambiguity - ANSWER a situation in which a word has two or more meanings.Example: pen-writing instrument pen- a place where pigs live Look by the pen 9.7% - ANSWER What percent yearly is the ELL population growing pragmatics - ANSWER the study of language use Castaneda v Pickard - ANSWER 1981 Court mandated a 3-step process to developquality bilingual education: programs based on research, have adequate resources and provide opportunities for students to have access to the full curriculum. Lau v Nichols - ANSWER 1974 States must provide bilingual education or some type ofsupport for students whose native language is not English. Must have equal access to education
NCLB - ANSWER 2001 Pres. Bush designed to promote "standards-based educationreform" via assessments that measure yearly progress
Tesol - ANSWER Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages ESOL - ANSWER English for speakers of other languages ESL - ANSWER English as a second language EFL - ANSWER English as a Foreign Language Phonemes - ANSWER Are distinctive sound units that "Make a difference" when soundsform words.
phonemic sequence - ANSWER possible patterns for combining phonemes phonemic syllabication - ANSWER word ends in a consonant sound and the followingword begins with a vowel Ex: has it, give it, give up Stress - ANSWER alters meaning of words Ex: H/e did that?He d/id that? He did th/at? Intonation - ANSWER rise and fall of the voice, does not alter word meaning. Emotions, anger, impatience
Semantics ANSWER the study of meaning in language Lexical Decomposition ANSWER breaking down words into their more basic meaning"components" or semantic features
Synonyms ANSWER words that have similar meanings gradable antonyms ANSWER stand on either side of a spectrum.Big, and small, hot and cold. There are things in the middle.
converse antonyms ANSWER Under above, doctor patient entailment - ANSWER The meaning of the Word is logically connected to another word.piglet is connected to a pig
heteronym - ANSWER one of two or more words that are spelled alike but have differentmeanings and pronunciations, such as bass voice and bass, a fish
discourse - ANSWER extended verbal expression in speech or writing, or to carry on aconversation
dialect - ANSWER a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group phonology - ANSWER the study of a sound system of language Generation 1.5 - ANSWER children born elsewhere but heavy socialized in the us Plyler v Doe - ANSWER states can't deny education for illegal immigrants amendment 14
ELL - ANSWER English Language Learner CALP - ANSWER Cognitive academic language proficiency-the language ability neededfor learning academic skills
Inflectional - ANSWER adds es, s, ed, ing, er does not change the meaning of the word Idiom - ANSWER an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meaningsof the words that make it up- Don't cry over spiled milk
Partial Immersion - ANSWER half of the day spent learning L