Calla Handbook

Calla Handbook

1. Cognitive Academic Language Approach

   • Focuses on strengthening curriculum, instruction, and teacher expertise throughout the entire period that ELL's are developing academic competence in English
     • CALLA- based on scientific research and includes 3 components in it's curricular and instructional design: topics from major content subjects, explicit instruction in learning strategies for both content and second language acquisition, and development of academic language and literacy.
       • Uses the cognitive learning theory and declarative and procedural memory allowing students to focus on meaning and higher-level understanding
         • Focus on the importance of teaching academic language, this is the key to success in content areas
           • use the resources you have as a source for technical vocabulary, then create authentic academic tasks so students can use the language in discussions and reports
             • Lesson plan template pages 44 and 45

2. Teachers should provide students time for academic listening while they take notes.

   • Cognitive learning theory- learning is an active, dynamic process where learners select information from their environment, organize the information then relate it to something they already know
     • Declarative memory- when memory is stored in frameworks or schemata, this information can be expanded upon with new experiences and challenges
       • Procedural memory- included simple and complex procedures, it underlies our ability to understand and generate langauge

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