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| ELL (english Language Learner) |
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Definition
an active learner of the
English language who may benefit from various types of
language support programs. This term is used mainly in the U.S. to describe K–12 students. |
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| The Importance of Literacy in the First Language |
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| There is a strong relationship between literacy skills in a first language and literacy skills in a second. Research indicates that about 20 percent of the process of reading in a second language is predictable on the basis of the level of first-language literacy |
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Term
| Cross-Language Influences |
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Definition
| How a person processes a second language is influenced by her processing of the first language. |
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Term
| Cross-Cultural Influences |
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| In some cases the background knowledge an English language learner brings to a text is absolutely irrelevant, and in other cases it is simply inconsistent with the knowledge assumed by the text. |
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Term
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| Refer to the ways in which words combine to form sentences. |
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| Refer to the ways that words are built through adding parts. |
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| Are special types of morphemes. |
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| The body of words that make up the language. |
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| Refers to writing systems. |
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