Bilingual glossaries are essential and expected test accommodation for ELLs/MLLs in the State of New York. The languages of these glossaries cover the top 10 languages at the state level, with new languages added based on changing language populations in the NY State student demographic data.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) GLOSSARIES Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified & traditional), French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Marshallese, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
MATH GLOSSARIES
Elementary School Math Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Middle School Math Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Integrated Algebra Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Geometry Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Algebra 2 Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Calculus Chinese (simplified), French, Haitian, Spanish
High School Common Core Math Terms Addenda Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Supplementary Math Glossaries Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), French, Haitian, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
SCIENCE GLOSSARIES
Elementary School Science Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Middle School Science Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Farsi, French, Fulani, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi,  Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Earth Science Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay,  Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Living Environment (Biology) Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Chemistry Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Physics Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, Farsi, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Supplementary Science Glossaries Burmese, French, MS Earth Science – Vietnamese, MS Life Science – Vietnamese, MS Physical Science – Vietnamese
SOCIAL STUDIES GLOSSARIES
Elementary School Social Studies Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
Middle School Social Studies Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), French, Fulani, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School Global History Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
High School US History and Government Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Dutch, French, Fulani, Greek, Haitian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Malay, Mandinka, Nepali, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof
GLOSSARIES OF COGNATES English/French cognates, English/Haitian cognates,  English/Spanish cognates
False Cognates – English/Spanish 
GUIDES OF LITERARY TERMS & DEVICES FOR LANGUAGE ARTS Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), French, German, Haitian, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Nepali, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
GUIDE OF KEY TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THE PRACTICES RELATED TO THE EDUCATION OF ELLS/MLLS IN NEW YORK
Works Cited “Glossaries for ELLs/MLLs Accommodations – Resources – NYU Steinhardt.” Glossaries for ELLs/MLLs Accommodations – Resources – NYU Steinhardt, research.steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/resources/glossaries.

 

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