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Eva Jimenez Terblanche
Language Acquisition, in short, is how we interpret and apply language (both receptively and expressively).

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Language acquisition comes in stages. Conversing is the best way to practice the language and students will master BICS quicker than CALP because it’s what they use with their peers and family at home.

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BICS our social language takes 6 months to 2 years to acquire, while CALPS our academic language takes about 7 years

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Language acquisition has different stages and the best we could do is to teach all our students with equality and equity

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BICS and CALPS are distinctions between common, interpersonal language capabilities and academic English proficiency. In terms of acquiring language, there are five stages: preproduction, early production, speech emergence, intermediate fluency, and advanced fluency.

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K. Milkovits Language acquisition for an EL student is similar to the development of a child in an English Only speaking household.

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K. Milkovits Language acquisition for an EL student is similar to the development of a child in an English Only speaking household.

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I learned that language acquisition is a mean of acquiring, processing and understanding language. English Language Learners undergo levels of language acquisition called BICS and CALPS. BICS is your social language that you use day to day such as "hello, how are you?" and CALPS is learning academic language. Language that is relevant and deeper to academics such as "pint."

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We got to learn about the different stages that ELs go through in order to reach academic language fluency .

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Today we learned that although there are financial incentives for a school to have as many ELL students registered at school, there can also be restrictive consequences for classifying students as such.

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Paola L             Language acquisition is how we understand language through different stages to develop our fluency.  It all begins at the pre-production stage when we are months old and starts developing as we grow older. As we develop our language through different stages we enhance our decoding and segmenting skills, gain vocabulary, and learn to produce sentences and enhance our comprehension. 

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Paola L             Language acquisition is how we understand language through different stages to develop our fluency.  It all begins at the pre-production stage when we are months old and starts developing as we grow older. As we develop our language through different stages we enhance our decoding and segmenting skills, gain vocabulary, and learn to produce sentences and enhance our comprehension. 

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Language acquisition happens in different stages and can relate to how we learn to speak as children.

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Understanding of academic language takes longer than basic interpersonal communication skills.  Recognizing the difference between social and academic language is an important concept for teachers working with non-native students.

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BIC and CALP reminds me of knowing how to communicate casually and professionally. In addition, it is important to emphasize opportunities for students to practice communicating regularly in and out of the class.

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BIC and CALP reminds me of knowing how to communicate casually and professionally. In addition, it is important to emphasize opportunities for students to practice communicating regularly in and out of the class.

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Language acquisition is a process. For example, English learners first reach the BIC stage and then advance to the CALP phase. This long process requires teachers to be creative in giving ELs ample opportunities to maximize their potential.

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We learn in stages. BICS is learning the language through socializing and CALP is academic language and it may take 5-7 years to master it.

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Language acquisition occurs in distinct stages. To reach academic language fluency may take 5-7 years. But, once students achieve that advanced fluency, they often perform better than their peers. On the other hand, students who are Long Term English Language Learners miss out on enriching elective classes due to being enrolled in English Language Development classes. Ideally, an English Learner will be reclassified as early as possible, so the student doesn't miss out on the elective courses that English Only students get to partake in.

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We all learn language at different stages.  Even students who are fluent need to develop academic language.  As teachers, we have to provide students opportunities to read it, hear it and speak it. The more opportunities we provide students with the easier it is for them to become fluent.

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Language Acquisition is learned in stages.  There is a difference between understanding of a language; BICS and CALP.  BICS are only the top of the icebergs where CALP is what is hidden underneath.  CALP takes anywhere from five to seven years to master.

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Language Acquisition, in short, is how we interpret and apply language (both receptively and expressively).      -Eva

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Language Acquisition, in short, is how we interpret and apply language (both receptively and expressively).      -Eva

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Second language acquisition is not easy and we need to be 100% of that. It is very similar to first language acquisition and it developed through stages (typically 5 stages). Children acquire BICS (social language) between 6 months to 2 years and CALP (academic language) in approximately years. It takes a lot of effort and practice to not fall behind or give up on the acquisition of a new language.

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Today we learned that there are many ways of learning a language. Speaking with peers out in the playground at the babysitters.  Then we have the formal academic language that we learn in the classroom or even with others by presenting or experimenting. I learned a little more about how English learners learn in stages.  BICS learners learn socially in as little to 6 months to 2  years. Where CALPS can take up to 7 years.

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BICS is common language used at home with family or on the playground with friends. CALP is academic language that could take up to 5-6 years to acquire.

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BICS is learned social language
CALP is the learned academic language

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Language Acquisition is the continuous learning of a second language, including it's different stages that allow educators to understand the level of understanding of each student. Every student is different so not everyone will be in the same level of acquisition, but all students should be able to receive the resources they need to push them up to the next level of language acquisition, based on the level that they are currently at.

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What I learned is for one to acquire BICS it takes between 6months to 2 years, which is out social language, and CALPS which is our academic language takes about 7 years to acquire and be proficient with. But we need to remember all of our students are acquiring language in academics

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By Meaghan O'Rourke
Second language acquisition is very similar to first language developmental phases that children go through. There is am emergent phase in which there is little language and limited understanding. This leads to the increase in receptive language paired with the beginnings of spoken language. At the intermediate fluency stage the child's language increases, but there may be grammatical errors and misunderstanding of nuanced language or themes (such as those found in jokes). The stages of language acquisition are predictable and each phase brings with it a deeper understanding of how to use language.

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We learn language in stages or phases, and moving through these stages takes multiple ways of engagement. They have to hear it, see it, use it and speak it as often as possible in order to gain the understanding they need. They also need to be able to use common, every day language as well as academic language, to make sure they are successful in school and life.