Tuesday 22 November 2011

Oral Language Development

English Language Learners bring a rich cultural capital to the classroom. Here is an interesting article on oral language development.

Question: Does this article include using first language as a learning strategy? What is the importance of maintaining first language (social, emotional, academic)? How can we build schema and increase curriculum content vocabulary for English Language Learners?

Oral Language Development

LNS Resources:

Grand Conversations

A World of Words

Promoting Literacy in Multilingual Contexts Cummins

Kindergarten Matters

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