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Date Posted: 07:24:11 09/08/10 Wed Friends, made a few more changes...please give feedback. 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. We see 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. The Vestibular tests in our country are a good example to help understanding this Academic language need .They are considered a brainstorm and students who aim to go to College or University have to go through this stressful experience: take these tests struggling for a vacancy. The type of English often used in these English tests´ texts is Academic, and of course students who have acquired its knowledge have better chances to pass than those who have not. 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 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |