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Bilingual Glossary

Welcome to our Bilingual Glossary Page

Bilingual glossaries are essential in a classroom where students are asked to apply their previous schema and experiences to the new content we expect them to master. To facilitate this process it is vital that we provide materials that help them transition from their language of origin (L1) to the language they are trying to acquire (L2).  Although these glossaries should be incorporated into their daily classes it should be pointed out that in New York State many students will be able to utilize these glossaries during their Regents exams. As a result, exposure prior to the exam is essential. 

Math Glossaries

  • Math Grades 3 - 5

AlbanianArabicBengaliBurmeseChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalFrenchHaitian CreoleHindiJapaneseKoreanPunjabiRomanianRussianSpanishTibetanUkrainianUrdu

  • Math Grades 6 - 8:

AlbanianArabicBengaliBurmeseChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalHaitian CreoleFrenchHindiKarenKoreanJapaneseNepaliPunjabiRomanianRussianSpanishTibetanUkrainianUrdu

  • High School Integrated Algebra:

ArabicBengaliChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalFrenchHaitian CreoleKoreanNepali,  RussianSpanishUrdu

  • High School Geometry

ArabicBengaliChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalFrenchHaitian CreoleKoreanRussianSpanishUrdu

  • High School Algebra 2 & Trigonometry

ArabicBengaliChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalFrenchHaitian CreoleKoreanRussianSpanishUrdu

 Science Glossaries
  • Elementary Level

ArabicBengaliChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalFrenchHaitian CreoleHindiJapaneseKoreanPunjabiRussianSpanishUrduVietnamese

  • Intermediate Level

ArabicBengaliChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalFrenchHaitian CreoleHindiKarenKoreanJapaneseNepali, PunjabiRussianSpanishUrduVietnamese

  • Earth Science

       ArabicBengaliBosnian (A-L) and Bosnian (M-Z)Chinese TraditionalFrench,  GujaratiHindiHaitian CreoleKoreanPolishRussian,

        Spanish 

  • Living Environment (Biology)

Arabic (A-I) and Arabic (I-Z)BengaliBosnian (A-I) and Bosnian (I-Z)Chinese SimplifiedChinese Traditional,KoreanRussian (A-I) and Russian (I-Z), and Spanish

  • Chemistry  

BengaliChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalHaitian CreoleKoreanPolishRussianSpanish

  • Physics

Chinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalSpanish

Social Studies Glossaries

  • Elementary Level

ArabicBengaliChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalHaitian CreoleHindiJapaneseKoreanPunjabiRussianSpanishUrduVietnamese

  • Intermediate Level

ArabicBengaliChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalHaitian CreoleHindiJapaneseKarenKorean, Nepali,PunjabiRussianSpanishUrduVietnamese

  • High School Global History

ArabicBengaliBosnianBurmeseChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalFrenchHaitian CreoleKoreanPolishRussianSerbo-CroationSpanishVietnamese

  •  High School US History and Government 

ArabicBengaliBosnianChinese SimplifiedChinese TraditionalFrenchHaitian CreoleKoreanPolishRussianSerbo-Croation I Serbo-Coration IISpanish

Supplementary Glossaries

Spanish Language 

Igbo English Dictionary

•   Igbo-English and English-Igbo Dictionary 

 Karen

•   Sgaw Karen Transliteration Word List -Drum Publication Group

RIA Nepali Glossaries - Created by Prajeet Magar

•   High School Integrated Algebra

•   Middle School Social Studies

•   Middle School Science

•    Middle School Math 

 Luganda

•    English-Luganda Dictionary

Tigrigna

•    English-Tigrigna/Tigrigna-English Dictionary, 2007 

Special thanks to the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools who compiled the links from the NYSED site: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/center/technical_assistance/program/language_rbern/resources/glossary 

Original and updated NYSED glossaries can be located at: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/bilingual_glossaries.htm