Guideline 13: Connect science and language
Support for teachers and students to make connections between the discipline of science and the language students are using
Specifications for Guideline 13
Specification 13A
Teacher materials provide guidance to support students in flexibly using their home language and English for the purposes of science and language learning.
Specification 13B
Materials provide strategies to help students understand the relationship between the three dimensions and the variety of language used (everyday, science-specific, and home language,
etc.).
Specification 13C
Materials provide guidance for students to reflect on the audience and context when selecting language for a task.
Guideline 14: Three-dimensional learning engagement
Support for students to revise their scientific thinking and use of language as they engage in three-dimensional learning
Specifications for Guideline 14
Specification 14A
Materials provide opportunities for students to receive feedback in order to revise and refine their work, as they develop science and language learning over time.
Specification 14B
Materials include guidance on how to provide feedback to students so that they can advance their use of the three dimensions and language simultaneously.
Specification 14C
Materials provide support to guide students in analyzing their own or their peers’ work and revising to meet goals for science and language learning.
Guideline 15: Develop metalinguistic and metacognitive awareness
Support for students to further develop metalinguistic and metacognitive awareness by reflecting on how their scientific thinking and use of language has expanded over time
Specifications for Guideline 15
Specification 15A
Materials prompt students to self-reflect on their learning towards goals for science and language learning.
Specification 15B
Materials prompt students to reflect on how their scientific thinking has expanded over time (e.g. “the puddle disappeared” to “the puddle evaporated into the air”).
Specification 15C
Materials prompt students to reflect on how their language has expanded over time (e.g., “the puddle goes into the air” and “the water from the puddle evaporates into the air”).