Glossary of Terms:

 

• Language Awareness: is an explicit knowledge about language, and conscious perception and sensitivity in language learning, language teaching and language use. (Retrieved from: http://www.languageawareness.org/web.ala/web/about/tout.php )

 

• Bilingualism: “The native-like control of two languages” (Bloomfield, 1935,  p. 56) Bloomfield, L. (1935). Language. London: Allen and Unwin. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/408842)

 

• Bilingual Education: It refers to approaches in the classroom that use the native languages of English language learners (ELLs) for instruction. (National Association for Bilingual Education. NABE. Retrieved from: http://www.nabe.org/BilingualEducation )

 

• Code Switching: The practice of moving back and forth between two languages or between two dialects or registers of the same language. Also called code-mixing. Code switching occurs far more often in conversation than in writing. (About Education. Retrieved from: http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/codeswitchingterm.htm )

 

• Diglossia: "It is a relatively stable language situation in which, in addition to the primary dialects of the language (which may include a standard or regional standards), there is a very divergent, highly codified (often grammatically more complex) superposed variety, the vehicle of a large and respected body of written literature, either of an earlier period or in another speech community, which is learned largely by formal education and is used for most written and formal spoken purposes but is not used by any sector of the community for ordinary conversation." (Charles Ferguson, 1959. Retrieved from: http://www.ello.uos.de/field.php/Sociolinguistics/DiglossiaFerguson)

 

• Native Language: The language of the country that someone is born in or native to (Collins Dictionary. Retrieved from: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/native-language )

 

• Culture: The beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time. A particular society that has its own beliefs, ways of life, art, etc. (Webster Dictornary. Retrieved from: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture?show=0&t=1416251923)

 

• Target Language: The target language is the language learners are studying, and also the individual items of language that they want to learn, or the teacher wants them to learn. (British Council. Retrieved from: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/knowledge-database/target-language )

 

• Target Culture: The culture inherent into a second language learning. It provides a lot of information on the life, society, and history of the inner circle country and increases students’ knowledge. Retrieved from: https://www.cape.edu/docs/ttalkMcKay43.pdf

 

• Bilingual Students: Students who can communicate effectively in more than one language (ERIC Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved form: http://eric.ed.gov/?ti=Bilingual+Students )

 

• Bilingual Teachers: Teachers who can communicate and teach effectively in more than one language (ERIC Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved form: http://eric.ed.gov/?ti=Bilingual+Teachers )