“Academic” Language and its dimensions by Manman Wu (BES)

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Vocabulary specific to a topic.

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The ones that are not used in daily life.

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Terms that are directly used in the topic area or industry that we are discussing. For example in foods a spatula is actually a turner

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College level language, that shows the capacity for any language at at high capacity.

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The language students need to know in order to fully understand each content area.

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I need to understand it and the many ways the vocabulary can be illustrated during the instruction.

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Include language of the content into the lesson.

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Academic language is vocabulary and phrases related to content that support instruction.

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Language not used in daily life

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I think it needs to be used fluidly in the course and lucky for me a lot of what we talk about in class is directly relevant to their individual lives as well

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My students are able to incorporate the vocabulary in the lesson to provide evidence of their learning.

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Vocabulary needed to understand content.

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Are they able to "switch" from day to day language to a sofisated one.

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Language that is specific to the subject being taught.

2025-05-30 14:37:38 UTC

Academic language is vocabulary that is used in specific content subjects.

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Depending on your content area the academic language they’ll need to be able to access is different and will matter in different ways.

2025-05-30 14:38:04 UTC

The more understanding and aware we are the more we can incorporate it into the lesson.

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I need to make sure they understand the vocabulary they will see or hear in an assessment.

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I need to make my lessons more accessible to all my students so all of them can achieve higher levels of learning.

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It intimidates me!

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The vocabulary can be tested in the assessment and those academic vocabulary are guide for teachers about what to teach

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It will influence which vocabulary I choose to teach and use in the classroom.

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The importance of pre-teaching the vocabulary so the student can understand the content you will be teaching

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The vocabulary required to pass the essential standards

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How I will check for student understanding of what is taught

2025-05-30 14:40:33 UTC

I teach science, in my classroom, I teach the key content words first, then integrate with reading book.

2025-05-30 14:41:46 UTC

Academic language are the most important part when introducing a new lesson and has be to be discussed at the beginning of the lesson so they will be able to connect learning, connect experiences/backgrounds and clarify some confusions with other terms that might sound similar.

2025-05-30 14:41:49 UTC

Since the goal is getting students very familiar with and proficient at understanding and applying academic language, it’s important that we keep it in the forefront as we write learning objectives and assessments.