Literacy

=**​LITERACY**=

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Glossary
EAL - English as an Additional Language (both EAL and ESL are often interchanged, however, ESL is still more prevalent when searching on the internet). ESL - English as a Second Language (MB is switching away from using ESL to EAL) LAL - Language, Academics and Literacy BICS - Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills - the language used in everyday conversation that is necessary to meet basic needs (listening, speaking, conversing, and understanding speakers) it usually takes 1-2 years to develop BICS CALP - Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency - language skills required to achieve academic success in the classroom (i.e. predicting, inferring, synthesizing, specialized vocabulary, content-specific forms and functions) 5-7 years to develop

This is a link to the YOUTUBE main page: [|You Tube]
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Here is an example of an ESL Lesson from YOUTUBE
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