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=**DEFINITION OF TERMS**=

**EAL** Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth and Manitoba Labour and immigration have recently adopted the term "English as an Additional Language (EAL)" to refer to English language programming for linguistically diverse learners in both K-12 and adult programs.

students whose first or primary language(s) is other than English and who require specialized programming and/or additional services to develop English language proficiency and to realize their potential within Manitoba’s school system.
 * EAL Learners**

This description refers to EAL learners in the Middle and Senior years who have had significant gaps in their schooling (i.e., these students have experienced three or more years of interrupted or no schooling, and therefore their school-based knowledge is well below an age-appropriate level). **Context Embedded Situation** A communicative situation in which numerous clues are provided to help the listener/viewer determine what is being communicated; e.g., visuals, demonstrations, face-to-face interaction, shared experience, outlines, graphic organizers.
 * Literacy, Academics and Language (LAL) Learners**

**English as an Additional Language (EAL) Outcomes** Goal statements that define what students are expected to know and do in EAL. General learning outcomes (GLOs) describe the knowledge, skills, strategies, and attitudes that students are expected to demonstrate from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

A purposeful authentic "real world" communicative task that some one needs to carry out in a specific social context.
 * Task Based Language Instruction**

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