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"Think of academic language as the verbal clothing that we don in classrooms and other formal contexts to demonstrate cognition within cultures and to signal college readiness." - Todd Finley
Teachers can increase opportunities for their students to use academic language in classroom conversations by using a technique Inquiry by Design calls Talk Moves in their blog. Click on the image below for a short video showing how it looks in a classroom. John Hattie, Australian meta-researcher, cites several strong instructional/learning strategies (activities with an effect size greater than 0.40) used in effective vocabulary instruction:
- integrating new knowledge with prior knowledge (0.93)
- transfer strategies (0.86)
- classroom discussion (0.82)
- teacher scaffolding (0.82)
- deliberate practice (0.79)
- elaboration and organization (0.75)
- evaluation and reflection (0.75)
And many more found here.
Just for Fun:
Just for Fun:
How NOT to create a classroom culture of meaningful talk!
How NOT to create a classroom culture of meaningful talk!
Resources:
Resources:
Kinsella: Language Strategies for Active Classroom Participation
Kinsella: Language for Reporting in Partners or Groups
Kinsella: Language Strategies When You Don’t Understand
Kinsella: Language Strategies to Report Other People’s Ideas in Formal Speaking and Writing
Marzano: Marzano-style Vocab Binder Page
Academic Language Function Toolkit from Sweetwater Union High School District (appears based on Kate Kinsella)
8 Strategies for Teaching Academic Language by Todd Finley
www.evidencebasedteaching.org.au (John Hattie's Effect Size research)
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