Acronyms for ESL Teachers

ELD

• English Language Development

• English Language Deficit

• English Listening Delay

CALP

• Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

• Cognitive Alignment with Language Predominance

• Cultural Academic Limitations Prolonged

BICS

• Basic Instruction in Culturally-relevant Situations

• Bilingual Interactive Communication Skills

• Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills

ESL

• English Spanish Language

• English Second Language

• English Speaking and Listening

SIOP

• Spanish Instruction On Point

• Shelter Instruction Observation Protocol

• Similar Instruction to Outside Peers

TESOL

• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

• Teaching English to Spanish Origin Learners

• Tiered-approach to Engage Speaking Outside of Listening

LEP

• Listening Engagement Practice

• Language English Program

• Limited English Proficiency

ELL

• English Learning to Listen

• English Language Learner

• Engaging Learners through Listening

L1

• Primary Language

• Listening First

• Language First

L2

• Listening and Learning

• Language being Learned

• Literacy Language