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Glossaries for ELLs/MLLs Accommodations
Bilingual glossaries are an essential test accommodation for ELLs/MLLs in the State of New York. The languages of these glossaries cover the top 10 languages at the state level, with new languages added based on changing language populations in the NY State student demographic data.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) GLOSSARIES
Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified & traditional), French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Marshallese, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
MATH GLOSSARIES
Elementary School Math
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Middle School Math
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Integrated Algebra
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Geometry
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Algebra 2
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Calculus
High School Common Core Math Terms Addenda
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Supplementary Math Glossaries
- Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Haitian, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
SCIENCE GLOSSARIES
Elementary School Science
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Middle School Science
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Farsi, French, Fulani, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Earth Science
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Living Environment (Biology)
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Chemistry
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Physics
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
- Supplementary Science Glossaries
- Burmese, French, MS Earth Science - Vietnamese, MS Life Science - Vietnamese, MS Physical Science - Vietnamese
SOCIAL STUDIES GLOSSARIES
Elementary School Social Studies
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Middle School Social Studies
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), French, Fulani, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Global History
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School US History and Government
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
GLOSSARIES OF COGNATES
English/French cognates, English/Haitian cognates, English/Spanish cognates
False Cognates - English/Spanish
GUIDES OF LITERARY TERMS & DEVICES FOR LANGUAGE ARTS
Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), French, German, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Nepali, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
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