bics and calp
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A short explanation about Jim Cummins work, Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills and Cognitive Academics Language Proficiency.TRANSCRIPT
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BASIC INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS AND COGNITIVE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Prof. Miguel Villanueva Coaguila
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Another theory that has directly influenced classroom instruction is Jim Cummins’s distinction between two types of language: Basic interpersonal communications skills (BICS) and cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP).
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Activity:Write about BICS and CALP on your notebook.
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Average student can develop conversational fluency within two to five years, but that developing fluency in more technical, academic language can take from four to seven years depending on many variables such as language proficiency level, age and time of arrival at school, level of academic proficiency in the native language, and the degree of support for achieving academic proficiency.
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Types of communication, depending on the context in which it occurs:
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Context-embedded communication provides several communicative supports to the listener or reader, such as objects, gestures, or vocal inflections, which help make the information comprehensible. Examples are a one-to-one social conversation with physical gestures, or storytelling activities that include visual props.
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Context-reduced communication provides fewer communicative clues to support understanding. Examples are a phone conversation, which provides no visual clues, or a note left on a refrigerator.
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Similarly, Cummins distinguished between the different
cognitive demands that communication can place on the learner:
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Cognitively undemanding communication requires a minimal amount of abstract or critical thinking. Examples are a conversation on the playground, or simple yes/no questions in the classroom.
YES
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Cognitively demanding communication, which requires a learner to analyze and synthesize information quickly and contains abstract or specialized concepts. Examples are academic content lessons, such as a social studies lecture, a math lesson, or a multiple-choice test.
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Activity:Write examples for each type of communication
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Activity:Choose 5 words and write their meanings
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Activity:Draw a conceptual map or mind map and explain it in teams.