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Language is the primary medium of learning. Everything we are expected to learn is either heard or read. Our skills are demonstrated through words or written language.

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AP English requires students to work at a very high level of diction and includes many (many) difficult vocabulary words. Very few students arrive in class with a vocabulary sufficient to to this level of work. It's a big challenge and we have to work on vocabulary every day.

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It can be beneficial if they have an expansive vocabulary in both languages or their native language. It can be detrimental if their vocabulary is limited in their original language.

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As an English teacher, the entire course is dedicated to teaching the use of language, but there are differences in the language registers and the use of academic and content language.

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Moles are fuzzy animals
Avogadro's are good on toast

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The language in Biology impacts the student in varying ways.  The language is based on Latin and Greek root words.  The language has to be taught in context and not expressly taught.  They have to experience the words within the content.

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Mathematics is a language by itself. You are learning vocabulary which is the key to all the concepts and formulas that we apply to solve the problems in Geometry.

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Language instruction is all we do!!  Listen, Read, Write, & Speak.  The biggest part is make sure they UNDERSTAND so they can USE IT!

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Lots of new vocab needed

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In math, there are a lot of vocabulary words that students need to be able to understand and use in order to answer a question. If they don't understand what the question is asking, then they cannot answer it.

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Students understanding of all the Science terminology is paramount to understanding the content

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Students understanding of all the Science terminology is paramount to understanding the content

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Language is essential to understanding. It is not limited to verbal forms only. 

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Language is essential to understanding. It is not limited to verbal forms only. 

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ELL students do not understand sarcasm. you may want to joke with them but they may take it the wrong way

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Once my students understand the vocabulary/ language of my content, they tend to be more successful in my class.

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My courses are very vocabulary intensive and require consistent usage of those terms for familiarity.

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Some dance terms are in French. Often for many of my students I have to translate the French word into English and then into Spanish.

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Some dance terms are in French. Often for many of my students I have to translate the French word into English and then into Spanish.

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ELL have difficulty understanding idioms.  Tend to define literally.

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ELL have difficulty understanding idioms.  Tend to define literally.

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Limited vocabulary limits insights into the literature.

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As an ELA teacher, it is really important to analyze langauge from multiple angles and understand the sign, signifier, and signified impact how students interpret what we teach them

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Students who struggle with language are impacted in my AWH classroom because we do a lot of lecture/notes to prepare for College US History. In my APUSH, those that struggle with language will be impacted due to the different language styles of historical documents.

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Limited vocabulary.

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Scaffolding the language in Biology.

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They are also TERRIBLE at irony

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Students can have trouble if they're behind on reading levels

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Through modeling different registers of language, we teach our students how to switch for different audiences and purposes. By jumping out of formal language we are able to break it down and translate it to increase student comprehension.