This KnowledgeBase archive includes content and external links that were accurate and relevant as of September 30, 2019.
The Early Language and Literacy KnowledgeBase is an online resource supporting language and literacy development in early learners from birth through age eight. Its focus is to support parents and caregivers in helping early learners with their language and literacy development, and teachers in enhancing their instruction for early learners from pre-Kindergarten through Grade 3.
Task 5: Building Oral Language Skills With English Language Learners
Guideline: Pre-K, preschool and the primary grades are experiencing increasing enrollments of children with culturally diverse backgrounds. These students, while working to learn English as a second language, often come from homes where another language, typically the native language of the family, is the primarily spoken language. Building the oral language skills of English language learners involves babies, parents and caregivers interacting through the cues and sounds they share with each other in their home language. Building oral language skills in the child's native language helps to develop oral language skills in English, as well. This task provides information on building oral skills with early learners who are English language learners.
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