BICS
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (social language)
CALP
Cognitive/Academic Language Proficiency (academic language skills)
Code Switching
The use of two languages interchangeably in speech and in writing
often due to lack of fluency in L1 or L2, or in both languages
ELL
English Language Learner
English Proficiency Designation Categories:
NEP — Non-English Proficient
LEP — Limited English Proficient
FEP — Fluent English Proficient
ESL
English-as-a-second-language
IPT
IDEA Language Proficiency Test (Oral, Reading, Writing)
L1
First language/home language; first language learned by a student
L2
Second language learned by a student (in our case, usually English)
Language Dominance
The language spoken most proficiently by the student.
Language Proficiency
The level of skill (R, W, L, S) in the use of a particular language.
LAU Category Codes
Language proficiency designations A, B, C, D & E for
students coming from language backgrounds other than English:
A — monolingual, speaker of a language other than English
B — predominantly speaker of language other than English
C — bilingual; equal proficiency in two languages
D — predominantly English proficient with some language other than English
E — speaker of English only, but has a language background other than English
LEP
Limited English Proficient
Locus of Control (sociocultural checklist)
How a person attributes responsibility for events
and actions... Am I the one to cause (internal) or is something or someone else (external)
that is causing something to happen to me?
LOC A
Language Observation Checklist completed by English-speaking teacher.
LOC B
Language Observation Checklist (completed by bilingual speaker of a
student's home language - other than English
Mixed Language (Code Switching)
When a person combines English and the native language
as they speak; not separating or distinguishing one language from the other in speech.
PHLOTE
Primary Home Language Other Than English
Primary Language
The language the student learned first and used most frequently in
the early stages of language development.
PQ
Parent Questionnaire (to be completed by parents/guardians of student)
SIT
Student Intervention Team
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