Esol Alphabet Soup Flashcards

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LEP

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Limited English Proficient
-Not born in US and native lang not Eng.
-Born in US but home lang not Eng.
-Am. Indian or Alaskan and lang other than Eng at home had impact on Eng lang proficiency
-Any of the above results in difficulty with Eng

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CALP

Back 2

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
-textbook language fluent

Front 3

BICS

Back 3

Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
-"playground language"
-fluent in social language

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EFL

Back 4

English as a foreign language

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LN

Back 5

Limited English Profiecient- No
-Is LEP and not enrolled in classes designed for LEPs

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LP

Back 6

Limited English Proficient Pending
- 4th-12th grade, tested EP on oral test and is pending reading/writing
- K-12 student who answered "yes" on home survey question: "lang other than Eng spoken @ home?" and pending on oral assessment

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LY

Back 7

Limited English Proficient- Yes
-Student enrolled in classes specifically designed for LEP students

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LF

Back 8

Student being followed up to two years period after having exited from the ESOL program

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ESL

Back 9

English as a Second Language

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ZZ

Back 10

Not applicable (Students who responded in the negative to all three required Home Language Survey questions, that is, Non-LEP students)

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LULAC

Back 11

League of United Latin American Citizens

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META

Back 12

Multicultural Education Training Advocacy

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OMSLE

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Office of Multicultural Student Language Education

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SOLOM

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Student Oral Language Observation Matrix

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ELL

Back 15

English Language Learner