Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (conversational language) [Cummins]

CALP

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (academic language) [Cummins]

Context-embedded

Quadrant B (contextual clues) [Cummins]

Context-reduced

Quadrant D (no or very few contextual clues) [Cummins]

CUP

Common Underlying Proficiency (vs. Separate Underlying Proficiency)

Affective Filter

One of Krashen’s 5 Hypotheses built on SLA processes/needs [Krashen]

Comprehensible Input

One of Krashen’s 5 Hypotheses built on SLA processes/needs [Krashen]

SLA

Second Language Acquisition (a process)

ELL

English Language Learner (a learner)

LEP

Limited English Proficiency (describes proficiency; sometimes used to describe a learner)

ESL

English as a Second Language (a program; a class; sometimes used to describe a learner)

ESOL

English Speaker(s) of Other Languages (a learner; sometimes a field of study/program/class)

TESOL

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (field of study/practice/certification)

ELD

English Language Development (a program or class; a process)

ELP

English Language Proficiency

SI

Sheltered Instruction (methodology/model of instruction; not a separate program)

SIOP

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (an observation protocol for SI)
[Echevarria, Short, Vogt]

SDAIE

Specially-Designed Academic Instruction in English (methodology/model of instruction)

CBI

Content-Based Instruction (methodology/model of instruction)

LAS Links

Language Assessment System (LAS) Links (language proficiency test in CT, annual measure)

NNS

Non-Native Speaker (a learner)

NES

Non-English Speaker (a learner; descriptor on the LAS test formerly used in CT annually)

LES

Limited English Speaker (a learner; descriptor on the LAS test formerly used in CT annually)

FES

Fluent English Speaker (a learner; descriptor on the LAS test formerly used in CT annually)

NL

Native Language (a learner’s home, first, or original dominant language)

TL

Target Language (the language to be acquired/learned)

L1

First Language (a learner’s home, first, or original dominant language)

L2

Second Language (used to describe a learner’s second language/language to be acquired/the target language)

TAT

Training for All Teachers (a program/curriculum that teaches Second Language Acquisition and Sheltered Instruction principles and strategies to all teachers, in particular general education teachers) [TAT (offered by Southern Connecticut State University) is funded by a federal grant from the Office of English Language Acquisition.]

Project Ex-CELL

Excellence for Connecticut’s English Language Learners (a program/curriculum that teaches about English Language Development and SDAIE principles and strategies to all teachers, in particular general education teachers) [Project Ex-CELL (offered by UCLA-SMP) is funded by a federal grant from the Office of English Language Acquisition.]

(National) TESOL

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (national organization)

ConnTESOL

Connecticut TESOL (state organization; local affiliate of National TESOL)

CAPELL

Connecticut Administrators of Programs for English Language Learners (statewide organization of school administrators, coordinators, & teachers)

WIDA Consortium

18 states & Washington D.C.; Consortium-developed ELP Standards (includes content areas); Consortium-developed language proficiency test – ACCESS for ELLs

ELPCR Consortium

6 states; each state its has own ELP standards; these states use a common language proficiency test – Language Assessment System (LAS) Links [CTB-McGraw Hill]

CSDE ELL Framework

CT’s ELL Framework (State Board approved 11/05, separate from content area frameworks)

OELA

Office of English Language Acquisition (U.S. Dept. of Education)

OCR

Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Dept. of Justice)

DI

Differentiated Instruction

ETS

Effective Teaching Strategies, CALI module