A fourth-grade English learner has developed his basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) fairly quickly since coming to the United States a year ago; however, his teacher has noticed that his cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) is still behind other native English-speaking students. What advice would you give his teacher regarding his language development?

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A fourth-grade English learner has developed his basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) fairly quickly since coming to the United States a year ago; however, his teacher has noticed that his cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP) is still behind other native English-speaking students. What advice would you give his teacher regarding his language development?