Theory and Practice Worksheet

1. The Air Report reviewed funding of Spanish-English

bilingual programs. The purpose of this review was
to establish the effects that federal funding of
bilingual programs had on student achievement,
particularly English reading, language, and math.

2. Baker and De Kantar focused on the ability of

transitional bilingual programs to promote English
language development. They concluded that the
evidence from existing studies was weak.

3. Rossell and Baker (1996) concluded that transitional

bilingual education is no better than structured
immersion programs in developing English language
skills.

4. BICS stands for Basic Interpersonal Communication

Skills CALP stands for Cognitive Academic
Language Proficiency
5. Semilingualism is a theory in which an individual has
a deficit in six language areas.

6. Subtractive bilingualism means to subtract some part

of a language from their vocabulary. It is when a
student learns a second language at the expense of
their first language.

7. Additive bilingualism means to add a language.

Additive language learners tend to have very
balanced languages.

8. By the end of the third year, funding for the Case

Studies project was taken away and only one goal
was reached

9. Bilingual education can help preserve endangered

languages.

10. Two-way bilingual programs work toward

academic, language, and affective goals.
11. The method of instruction is the 90:10 model of
Two-Way Immersion is when a majority of the
school curriculum is taught in a second language.

12. A 50/50 model uses English and the target

language for 50 percent of the time throughout the
duration of the program.