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from training that relates to these culturally responsive teaching strategies. There are also sections within this piece that promote the usage of community and parent outreach methods that aim to improve the school experience for all involved parties. The overarching goal of this literature review is providing teachers with a variety of literature
society. Early childhood teachers can share the benefits of bilingualism with families and their communities, find ways to support children’s home languages, and encourage families to keep their language strong. Developing the child’s home language provides the foundation for reading and writing, preparing children to be biliterate. Researchers
Grades 2 and 3 through 5 and 6 (four year program) Students should be nearing proficiency in English to transition into mainstream English classrooms. Native language used to scaffold English language development; activities incorporate reading, writing, speaking, listening and thinking skills in both L1 and L2.
Using translanguaging to teach and learn in school mobilizes all of students’ linguistic skills.13 When used in school, translanguaging has four goals:14. Support students as Provide opportunities. Make space for. Support students’ social they engage with for students to develop. students’ bilingual or.
primary language that immigrant children bring to the classroom, and the potential of these children for becoming bilingual and bi-literate. The focus of the review is on research concentrated on school children who are developing literacy in two languages or have become literate in Spanish before starting school in an American classroom.
and economic advantages well into adulthood. In addition, there are developmental risks assoc. ted with loss of a child’s first language. Children who do not develop and maintain proficiency in their home language may lose their ability to communicate with parents and family members and risk becoming estrange.
Bilingual Instructional Strategies. The aim of this working paper is to identify research-supported strategies for reading and. writing that can be integrated effectively to promote the development of biliterate academic. literacy by English language learners (ELLs) in middle-school bilingual classrooms. The paper.
of bilingualism. Many people may be able to speak more than one language but may not be able to function academically in more than one language. Currently, an estimated one in five children now live in homes in which a language other than English is spoken; impressing upon us the importance of meeting the needs