CTEL Academic Language and Content Integration Flashcards

In EL instruction, 'scaffolding' refers to:

Answer: Temporary supports gradually removed as learners gain independence

Scaffolding provides temporary instructional supports that are systematically withdrawn as students develop independence.

Which approach simultaneously teaches academic content and language skills within meaningful subject-matter contexts?

Answer: Content-based instruction

Content-based instruction integrates language and content objectives so ELs learn English through authentic subject-matter tasks.

Swain's 'output hypothesis' proposes that producing language helps ELs:

Answer: Notice linguistic gaps and develop greater accuracy

Swain's output hypothesis holds that speaking and writing push learners to notice gaps in their interlanguage and refine accuracy.

Reciprocal teaching supports EL academic literacy by:

Answer: Having students take turns leading comprehension strategies such as summarizing and questioning

Reciprocal teaching uses structured strategies—summarizing, questioning, clarifying, predicting—to build reading comprehension collaboratively.

Language objectives in sheltered content lessons should identify:

Answer: The specific language skills students need to access the content

Language objectives specify the listening, speaking, reading, or writing skills ELs must use to engage with the content objective.

'Frontloading vocabulary' before a lesson is intended to:

Answer: Build background knowledge and comprehension by pre-teaching key terms

Pre-teaching essential vocabulary before a lesson primes ELs to comprehend new content when they encounter it in context.