Language and Lexicon

Teaching is full of acronyms. Here are some of the key ones that will show up on the blog for Fairly ELementary.

EL - English Learner

• ELL - English Language Learner
• ESL - English as a Second Language
• ESOL - English as a Second Language
• EAL - English as an Additional Language

Sheltered Instruction - a period of the day when EL students are self-contained. In states like Tennessee, the amount of time per day a student can spend in a sheltered setting is dependent on their proficiency level.

SIFE - Students with Interrupted Formal Education. This would be typical among refugee populations where students were unable to attend regular school. We look at usually 2 years interrupted to qualify.

NTE - New to English. These students are low scoring on WIDA and have recently arrived to the country, so needs lots of reinforcements with BICS.

Coming soon!
BICS
WIDA
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