Bilingualism CQ16

Language across the curriculum can refer to students' content and concept learning through different languages.

TRUE

According to Dutcher (2004), instruction in the child's family language is only critical for second language development

FALSE

Anti-racist, cooperative learning, and active learning are components that create a supportive classroom environment for language minority students

TRUE

A transformative pedagogy, according to Cummins (2000), is one in which teachers implement translanguaging strategies in the dual immersion classroom

FALSE

Code-switching/Translanguaging in the classroom can be determined by teacher and student negotiation of meaning

TRUE

Translanguaging practices in bilingual classrooms is the common practice

FALSE

One of the potential advantages of translanguaging pedagogy is that it protects the child's minority language, which is more threatened to loss

FALSE

It may take 5 to 7 years for emergent bilingual children to participate in English mainstream courses without "support.

TRUE

Bilingual teaching assistants are primarily hired to help teachers communicate with parents/caregivers

FALSE

For effective transitional/monolingual programs, it is critical for teachers not to assume that students' linguistic proficiency is a reflection of their conceptual understanding.

TRUE