Talk to Your Baby Research consistently points to early oral language skills as among the strongest predictors of educational success, and as providing a vital foundation for school-readiness and effective learning across other domains. - Nuffield Foundation report into Early Education and Childcare, 2015 The legacy of Talk to Your Baby speaks for itself. The conference, that is renowned for its in-depth and engaging reviews of policy, research and practice, highlights the key role communication and language can play in improving the life chances of children. Children come into the world ready to learn language. Specialist practitioners and academics come together to share their expertise in improving language and literacy outcomes of preschool children, focusing on ages 0-3. Delegates from across the early years, healthcare, education, cultural and third sectors come back year after year to learn, share best practice and be inspired. Chair: Jean Gross CBE Alison Williams Carey Oppenheim Dr Cathy Hamer Price
BUENO Center for Multicultural Education | University of Colorado Boulder ITESOL | Intermountain TESOL Learning Two Languages [en Español] Anyone can learn a new language. Some people find it easier than others, but all of us can do it. Children can learn to be bilingual. Speaking two languages is like any other skill. How do I teach my child to be bilingual? There are a number of ways to teach children to speak more than one language. Use two languages from the start. Will learning two languages cause speech or language problems? No. What should I expect when my child learns more than one language? Every bilingual child is unique. Like other children, most bilingual children speak their first words by the time they are 1 year old (e.g., "mama" or "dada"). What resources can I use to help my child be bilingual? Books. Audiotapes and CDs. Videotapes and DVDs. Language programs. If my child is having trouble communicating, should we use only one language? In this case, it's best to talk to your child in the language you're most comfortable with. What are some additional resources?
When students need extra behavior support | Brookes Publishing Co. Having targeted supports and mediation techniques in place makes it easier for teachers to readily manage behavior issues Classroom teachers face a range of challenges during their school day but none perhaps so demanding as persistent problem behaviors. Whether schools have a formal positive behavior support system in place or not, having techniques at hand is essential for getting teachers back to teaching and students back to learning. In The Teacher’s Pocket Guide for Positive Behavior Support, Tim Knoster and Robin Drogan build on the universal supports introduced in The Teacher’s Pocket Guide for Effective Classroom Intervention, Second Edition with targeted approaches for students with challenging behavior. According to Ondine Gross, author of Restore the Respect: How to Mediate School Conflicts and Keep Students Learning, universal supports will suffice for 80–90% of your students. But what about the remaining 10–20%? Here are some recommended Tier 2 supports: Check and Connect
National Association for the Education of Young Children | NAEYC The Advantages of Being Bilingual Most children have the capacity and facility to learn more than one language. Researchers say that there are advantages to being bilingual. These advantages might include; Being able to learn new words easilyPlaying rhyming games with words like "cat" and "hat"Breaking down words by sounds, such as C-A-T for catBeing able to use information in new waysPutting words into categoriesComing up with solutions to problemsGood listening skillsConnecting with others According to the American Community Survey, more than one in 5 individuals over the age of 5 (21%) speak a language other than English at home. That number of bilingual speakers is projected to increase in the coming years. Children who are learning to speak two languages follow patterns of learning. Fact: Communication disorders affect more than 42 million Americans. If a child has a speech or language problem, it will show up in both languages.
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What Does Research Tell Us About Teaching Reading to English Language Learners? As a classroom teacher, I was largely ignorant of, and definitely suspicious of, research. I believed that researchers could make their studies come out any way they wanted them to, and that a good teacher who reflected on her own teaching knew much more about how to be effective with her students than any researcher did. Later, as a university professor, I learned how important good research can be, and how difficult it is to do really good experimental research in a field such as education, where it is impossible to control all the variables. For that reason, I was pleased in 1997 when Congress funded the National Reading Panel (NRP) to evaluate research about teaching children to read. The panel's charge was to review existing studies, choose those that were well designed and well implemented, and synthesize their findings. Teachers of English language learners (ELLs), however, were left to wonder if and how the findings of the NRP applied to their students. Back to Top Phonics Fluency