Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills
- Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills
Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills (BICS) are language skills needed to interact in social situations, for example, when speaking to a friend on the telephone. BICS refers primarily to context-bound, face-to-face communication, like the language first learned by toddlers and preschoolers, which is used in everyday social interaction.
"We use this language skill in face-to-face interactions, rather than in dealing with academic tasks."
This term is often credited to Jim Cummins research related to language acquisition and learning. The other term that is often used in conjunction with this term is Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP). CALP refers to the highly abstract, decontextualized communication that takes place in the classroom, especially in the later elementary grades. CALP involves the “language of learning”, which enables children to problem-solve, hypothesize, imagine, reason and project into situations with which they have no personal experience. It is a prerequisite for learning to read and write and for overall academic success. The implications of the BICS and CALP concepts for children are that the second language or language of the classroom needs to be sufficiently well developed for her or him to be able to meet the cognitive demands of the academic setting. [http://www.hanen.org/web/Home/AboutHanen/NewsViews/OneLanguageorTwo/tabid/220/Default.aspx] Students typically are thought to acquire BICS in 2-3 years but take 5-7 years to develop the CALP needed to be on the same level with their native speaking counterparts in the classroom.
Further reading
* [http://www.hanen.org/web/Home/AboutHanen/NewsViews/OneLanguageorTwo/tabid/220/Default.aspx One Language or Two?] : Answers to Questions about Bilingualism in Children
* [http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins/]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Interpersonal skills — refers to mental and communicative algorithms applied during social communications and interactions in order to reach certain effects or results. The term interpersonal skills is used often in business contexts to refer to the measure of a person … Wikipedia
Interpersonal deception theory — (IDT) attempts to explain the manner in which individuals deal with actual or perceived deception on the conscious and subconscious levels while engaged in face to face communication. Communication is not static; it is influenced not only by one… … Wikipedia
Jim Cummins (professor) — Dr. [http://home.oise.utoronto.ca/%7Ejcummins/cummins.htm Jim Cummins] is a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto where he works on language development and literacy development of learners of… … Wikipedia
Language minority students in Japanese classrooms — Minority (non Japanese) students can be found throughout the entire Japanese education system. An incomplete list of possible cultural and or language minorities represented in Japanese schools include: other Asian, particularly Korean, Chinese,… … Wikipedia
Jim Cummins — (* 1949) ist ein kanadischer Pädagoge. Er ist Professor am Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning sowie Canada Research Chair in Language Learning and Literacy… … Deutsch Wikipedia
BICS — There are following abbreviations: * Basis Instrument Contract, a mathematical finance related topic. * Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, an Islamic student s organization of Bangladesh. * Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills, education… … Wikipedia
Nonverbal communication — is usually understood as the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless (mostly visual) messages. Messages can be communicated through gestures and touch (Haptic communication), by body language or posture, by facial… … Wikipedia
Worldview and working model of neuro-linguistic programming — The Worldview and working model of Neuro linguistic programming (NLP) covers the underlying philosophy of NLP, and how and why this philosophy is intended to be used in practice.Neuro linguistic programming is an approach to communication and… … Wikipedia
Chronemics — Sundial Chronemics is the study of the use of time in nonverbal communication. The way we perceive time, structure our time and react to time is a powerful communication tool, and helps set the stage for the communication process. Across cultures … Wikipedia
Music therapy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.84 MeSH … Wikipedia
