Academic Language Skills


 1. Language function means the verb used in the learning target, such as identify, analyze,
summarize, define, explain, conclude, justify, compare, sort, and so on.
 2. Language demand means the assignment or product the student makes, such as essay, paragraph,
sentence, speech, lab report, reflection, play, poem, comic strip, magazine article. poster, and
the like.
 3. Vocabulary, which includes any words the student should be able to define in order to
comprehend the content of the lesson. These words may be specific to the discipline (artifact in
social studies) or just general words used in school (list, characteristics, infer, analyze).

Activity:  Work with a partner to find examples of language functions in the given materials 😊