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2. Talk, Read and Sing Together Every Day! - U.S. Department of ...

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   Being bilingual supports children in maintaining strong ties with their family, culture, and community. All of these are key parts of a child’s developing identity.7 Bilingual children are also able to make new friends and create strong relationships using their second language—an important skill in our increasingly diverse society.

3. Tips for Using Language at Home and in the Community (PDF)

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   Researchers have found that speaking multiple languages at home provides a great benefit to young children. Speaking in your home language to your children from the time they’re born helps build their young minds and prepare them for success in school and beyond. Developing the child’s home language provides the foundation for reading and ...

4. Challenges and Benefits of Early Bilingualism - ed

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   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.

5. Bilingual Literacy Development: Trends and Critical Issues - ed

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   Keywords: bilingual literacy; bi-literacy development; English learners This article presents a literature review of research on the development of bi-literacy in school children and examines the current trends on bilingual education. The number of research studies on bilingual literacy and bi-literacy development continues to grow.

6. Talk, Read and Sing Together Every Day! - U.S. Department of ...

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   Encourage back-and-forth exchanges. • Tune into children’s interests and experiences and talk about them. • Take turns communicating. • Show that you are interested in what they are doing and listening to what they say. • Provide time for children to respond. 3. Invite children to talk about what they are doing.

7. Strategies for Educators of Bilingual Students: A Critical ...

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   Keywords: Bilingual Education, Biliteracy, Translanguaging, Teaching Strategies, School Community 1. Introduction The recent developments in the field of bilingual education can be utilized to create a scenario that is both inclusive and supportive of all students in a school community.

8. Understanding How Language of Instruction Impacts Early ...

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   how home and classroom language exposure and use impacted performance over time. Results demonstrated that overall, Spanish instruction was as effective as English instruction for supporting DLL’s early literacy skill develop-ment, however bilingual instruction had a negative impact, slowing growth on English outcomes.

9. Talk, Read and Sing Together Every Day! - U.S. Department of ...

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   Move to the child’s level and make eye contact. Mirror the child’s tone. For example, if the child is smiling and happy, use a happy, upbeat tone of voice. Use Parent-ese! Parent-ese is a type of adult speech where an adult talks to a child in an exaggerated, animated, and repetitive way.