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Language impacts student success in the classroom academically, socially, and emotionally.  Certainly, language plays a critical role in learning as it relates to all domains of language: reading, writing, speaking and listening. It also impacts opportunities to collaborate and to build community in the classroom.

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Academic language (both spoken and written) usage in the classroom helps students find more success in academic discourse. The more language opportunities...more success. I realized that every student has a different access point to academic language. It is imperative to give the students opportunity to access at the appropriate level in order to achieve SUCCESS! Customization!

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Language is the medium students use to learn content and communicate their understanding. It also the means for students to make social connections. It can be an asset or a barrier or sometimes both at the same time. Different folks hold different expectations around student language use which can both positively and negatively affect students.

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Language serves as both a gateway and barrier to success in the classroom.  Knowing how to use academic language and having the opportunity to consistently use academic language, provides a gateway for students to develop deeper understandings of concepts across disciplines.  However, without consistent access to opportunities to be immersed and use academic language, it is a barrier limiting students ability to access concepts and develop growth in understanding.

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Student success is dependent on their ability to grow their language usage and vocabulary by connecting new knowledge to prior schema.  Bilingualism is a gift and students can become even more successful when they are supported in the development of their languages. We seek connections between the languages and strive to develop their vocabularies and their awareness of the cultural values present in language.

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Language affects student success in many ways in the classroom.  They need academic and social language in that setting for success. Students must be given opportunities to participate in the classroom using whatever language they have access to. They will continue to gain more language as they feel comfortable participating.

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Language can be a barrier sometimes and make comprehension difficult.
Language can impact a students ability to demonstrate their learning/understanding.
Language can impact a students ability to collaborate and ask for help.
Language can impact a students opportunity to show proficiency.
Language skills need to be developed in the classroom through lots of peer discussion/interaction FIRST, then we as educators need to help students develop the academic language needed in our for them to be successful in the academic environment.

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We use content to teach language and language to teach content. Through the Teaching and Learning Cycle, our scholars engage in academic discourse as it ties to intentional writing. Scholars are encouraged to engage in discourse in their first (or second, third, etc.) language(s) as well as in English.

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Language impacts student success immensely! If a student does not have a good grasp of the academic language then they will struggle with the texts and tasks assigned in class. This can make the student feel uncomfortable in class and then they will probably not want to attend class. The more students use academic discourse, the more they will have the confidence to participate in academic discourse.

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Language does impact success academically and socially. Through language, students can access the content and succeed.

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New words, new meanings, but is it used at home when home language is different? How do we help our students to remember new meanings or new words, maybe relating it to something they have or a situation they have encountered.

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Language is critical for reading and comprehension and overall academic success.  Language should be used in an academic stetting because students are at varied levels of academic language fluency and need to have the opportunity to share their perspectives at all language levels.
Language learners may or may not need access to informal language as a scaffold or customization in the classroom.

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Language affects student success in many ways. They use their language to express thoughts and emotions. Without a decent grasp on the language, students will definitely struggle to understand others' thoughts/opinions, the curriculum, and how to communicate their own thoughts/opinions. Students with a high level of language usage, are able to better understand and make connections.

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increasing the ability and use of language increases the ability to learn and communicate thoughts and ideas.

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Academic language is indeed one of the pillars for academic success

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Academic language is indeed one of the pillars for academic success

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language can be helpful to many students but sometimes it can be a barrier for some. language is powerful when they can express thoughts and feelings in many ways.

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Reflecting on what I read, my own conclusion is that we can promote/teach/require academic language but one have to create a safe place to get to such rigor. 

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Reflecting on what I read, my own conclusion is that we can promote/teach/require academic language but one have to create a safe place to get to such rigor. 