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•Develop academic vocabulary
•Read to acquire new information
•Understand information presented orally
•Participate in classroom discussions
•Write to communicate their knowledge
and ideas
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*that the best way to improve English is by :
* listening to the language from different contexts
* reading from different
*talking
sources
about topics that they can relate to
*searching for answers to their concerns
*reacting to different learning situations from their
own perspective.
*sharing with others their talents and interests
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“Shifting the focus from teaching to learning”
CALLA
The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA)
is an instructional model for second and foreign language
learners based on cognitive theory and research. CALLA
 integrates instruction in priority topics from the
content curriculum
 develops the language skills needed for learning in
school
 focuses on explicit instruction using learning
strategies for academic tasks.
The goals of CALLA are for students to learn essential
academic content and language and to become independent
and self-regulated learners through their increasing
command over a variety of strategies for learning in school.
CALLA can be used in ESL, EFL, bilingual, foreign language, and general education
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classrooms.
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CALLA's principal objectives are to assist
students in:
• Valuing their own prior
knowledge and cultural
experiences
• Learning the content
knowledge and the language
skills
• Developing language
awareness and critical
literacy
• Selecting and using
appropriate learning
strategies and study skills
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• Developing abilities to work
successfully with others in a
social context
• Learning through hands-on,
inquiry-based, and
cooperative learning tasks
• Increasing motivation for
academic learning and
confidence in their ability to
be successful in school
• Evaluating their own learning
and planning how to become
more effective and
independent learners
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Cognitive-Social
Learning
Social context and
interaction
Authentic Learning
Linked to student’s
prior experiential
and cultural
knowledge
Language
development through
content across all
curriculum areas
Academic
Language
Learning Strategies
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PREPARATION
EXPANSION
CALLA’S FIVE PHASES
PRESENTATION
EVALUATION
PRACTICE
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Provide overview and
objectives
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Elicit students’ prior
knowledge
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Develop vocabulary
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Remind students to use
the learning strategies
they know
Help students make
connections
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Address different learning
preferences
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Model reading and writing
processes explicitly
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Explain learning strategies
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Discuss connections to
students’ prior knowledge
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Strategies for ELL
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Robbins
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Use interactive activities
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Use authentic content
and language tasks
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Ask students to use
learning strategies
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Student
metacognition
Self-assessment
Teachers
evaluate
students’
achievement
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Students apply what they
have learned to their own
lives
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Students extend their
understanding to other
content areas
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Students relate new
information to their own
experience
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