Tsl Midterm

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Civil Rights Act

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1964
No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded, denied, or discriminated under any program/activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

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Lau v. Nichols

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1974
A student may not be denied equal access to basic subject instruction or to any program offered by an educational entity because of that student's limited English proficiency.

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Plyer v. Doe

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1982
The District Court held that illegal aliens were entitled to the protection of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,

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Florida Consent Decree

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1990
Identification and Assessment
Equal Access to Appropriate Programing
Equal Access to Appropriate Categorical and other Programs for ELL Students
Personnel
Monitoring Issues
Outcome Measures

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Florida Consent Decree
Identification and Assessment

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All students with limited proficiency must be properly identified and assessed to ensure the provision of appropriate services.

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Florida Consent Decree
Equal Access to Appropriate Programming

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All ELL students are entitled to programming appropriate to their level of English proficiency, their level of academic achievement, and to any special needs they may have

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Florida Consent Decree
Equal Access to Appropriate Categorical and Other Programs for ELL Students

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ELL students entitled to equal access to all programs appropriate to their academic needs such as compensatory, exceptional, adult, vocational, or early childhood, as well as dropout prevention and other support services.

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Florida Consent Decree
Personnel

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Details the certificate coverage and inservice training teachers must have to be qualified to instruct ESOL students.

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Florida Consent Decree
Monitoring Issues

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Florida Department of Ed is responsible for monitoring local school districts to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Consent Decree

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Florida Consent Decree
Outcome Measures

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Florida Department of Ed is required to develop an evaluation process to address equal access and program effectiveness.

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What are the most widely spoken languages in Florida schools?

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Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Portuguese

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assimilation

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requires minority (language or culture) to blend into "American" culture. Assumes one mainstream identity. Assumes the work is to be done by the newcomer/minority group.

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acculturation

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requires that the minority language or cultural group adapts to the 'American' or mainstream culture (language). However, minority group can retain some defining characteristics (eg ethnic traditions) but participates in mainstream. Assumes that the work is done by newcomer/minority.

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accommodation

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assumes that newcomer or minority group might or might not completely adapt to US culture. Minority groups can retain identity. Majority group accomodates the minority group's language and culture, i.e. majority group does the work.

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mutual accommodation

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assumes both majority and minority group contributes to US mainstream or what it means to be "american". Both groups adopt or make changes in order to co-exist harmoniously.

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6 stages of uprooting

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mixed emotion
excitement or fear in the adventure of the journey
curiosity
Assimilation or Acculturation
Mainstream
culture shock: depression and confusion

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funds of knowledge

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historically accumulated and culturally developed bodies of knowledge and skills essential for household or individual functioning.

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Six universals of language

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Language is infinite and creative and infinitely creative.
Language is arbitrary.
Language is systematic as opposed to automatic.
Language is change modified and adapted.
Language is innate.
Language is variable.

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Elements of deep culture

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Deep culture is what you cannot see on the surface such as: taboos, religion, sex roles, concepts of time, values, ethics, etc.

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Elements of surface culture

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What you can tell about a person's culture by looking at them such as, food, arts, personalities, history, holidays.

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Culture

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The sum of attitudes, customs and beliefs that distinguish one group of people from another. It is transmitted through language, material, rituals, institutions, and art from one generation to the next.