Language and theories

Language and theories

1. BICS: Basic interpersonal communication skills

   • Jim Cummins
     • Fluency
     • Engagement
     • day-to-day

2. CALP: Cognitive academic language skills

   • Jim Cummins
     • Use of Language
       • lisening
       • Speaking
       • Writing

3. Universal Grammer

   • Noam Chomsky
     • All human language rests on any building blocks of expression
       • Shares verbs, nouns languages, etc

4. Language as a System

   • Phonological
   • Syntactic
   • Semantic
   • Pragmatic