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BENEFITS OF HOME LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE, FROM PARENTS’ PERSPECTIVES

Nearly one in three U.S. children live in a household where a language other than English is spoken, but are the same number of children fluent in their home language? Actually, many parents struggle to maintain the home language for a variety of reasons: when spoken to in the home language, children respond in English; some teachers encourage English only at home (the perception that another language confuses children is false); parents, their children and many societal groups view home languages as............. CONTINUE READING
ELLs / DLLs, Schools,

BILINGUAL BOOKS TO BOOST READING COMPREHENSION

As we all know, reading comprehension is essential in today’s world. It is necessary for mastering subjects in school, working at jobs, and deciphering written communications. Without it, we might be able to pronounce words on the page but would not be able to make sense of what the words mean when put together. Reading comprehension demands that we create images and connections in our head based on the combination of words that we are reading. The more familiar we are with............. CONTINUE READING
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