Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Methods Flashcards

Which of the following best defines a 'heritage language learner' in the context of U.S. language education?

Answer: A student with family or community ties to a non-English language, often with home-based exposure

Heritage language learners have familial or community connections to a language other than English, often with informal exposure that differs significantly from foreign language classroom learners.

According to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), what are the five goal areas for language learning known as the '5 Cs'?

Answer: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, Communities

ACTFL's 5 Cs framework defines the five national goal areas for world language learning: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities.

At which ACTFL proficiency level can learners handle a variety of communicative tasks with sustained discourse, though not with the ease of an educated native speaker?

Answer: Advanced

At the Advanced level, ACTFL describes learners as capable of sustained communication across a variety of contexts and tasks, but not yet at the Superior level of educated native speakers.

Which type of assessment monitors student language learning during the instructional process to provide ongoing, real-time feedback?

Answer: Formative assessment

Formative assessment is embedded in ongoing instruction and used to monitor student progress and adjust teaching strategies, rather than to assign final grades.

In LOTE instruction, 'sheltered instruction' is a strategy designed primarily to help:

Answer: English language learners access grade-level academic content with language support

Sheltered instruction makes grade-level academic content accessible to English language learners by combining language development strategies with content teaching.

Which of the following is the best example of an authentic assessment task for a world language class?

Answer: A role-play in which students order food at a restaurant in the target language

Authentic assessment requires students to use language in meaningful, real-world contexts; a restaurant role-play mirrors genuine communicative situations rather than isolated language exercises.

Which of the ACTFL 5 Cs standard encourages students to link target language learning to other academic disciplines and fields of knowledge?

Answer: Connections

The 'Connections' standard encourages learners to connect language learning to other subject areas and to access information and perspectives available only through the target language.