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Date Posted: 22:34:01 09/07/10 Tue let's be careful,I think there is too much sentence borrowing in our last attempt...tried to rewrite avoiding it, but could only come to 315 words...we have until midnight... THE ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Educators must focus on the academic language needed for academic achievement INTRODUCTION One of the most pressing needs faced by English Language Learners is Academic language (CALP - Cognitive-Academic Language Proficiency), that is the sort of language students and professionals need to succeed in school and in any career where mastering large and complex bodies of information and concepts is needed (Fillmore and Snow 2000). Although there isn’t a clear line separating Academic language, (the language of texts and formal writing), from everyday conversational language, (the language that people use socially for interaction, referred by Cummins, 1984 as BICS - Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills), their differences are assumed, and knowing them is important for effective academic instruction. Of course there is a connection between these two types of language: using students' everyday experiences can help students learn academic language, i.e., if a task in a social context is familiar to them, they may be able to adopt appropriate language from that task and transfer it to school-based tasks (Rhoda Coleman and Claude Goldenberg). Fluency in social language is not enough to help close the achievement gaps that are often created by the lack of academic language. It is important that we, educators, focus on teaching the academic language our students need to achieve not only scholar, but also professional and socio-economical success. Despite lacking a solid research base that identifies effective techniques and approaches, there are promising directions ( Dutro and Moran,2003; Lyster, 2007; Zwiers, 2008 etc) we should learn and implement in our classrooms in order to reach this goal. REFERENCES: WEBSITES: http://sites.google.com/site/ceiacademicskills/ http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/Across_ESC/WritersComplex.nsf/wholeshortlinks2/Essay+Writing+Menu http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm ARTICLES: ZWIERS, Jeff; The Third Language of Academic English CUMMINS, Jim; Putting Language Proficiency in Its Place: Responding to Critiques of the Conversational/Academic Language Distinction COLEMAN, Rhoda and GOLDENBERG, Goldenberg; What does research say about effective practices for English Learners? Part II - Academic Language Proficiency [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: another attempt of introduction | Angelina | 22:41:14 09/07/10 Tue |