Teachers can help parents to be a powerful support in learning in this way.
What is supporting parents in speaking their native language at home?
100
Research shows the strength of primary language has a direct impact on this.
What is developing a second language?
100
Today children may lack strong primary language modeling because of these 2 factors.
What is lack of time to interact and technology?
200
This is the most important thing a parent can do to help a child develop strong language skills.
What is talking with their children?
200
Students may understand social language but lack an understanding of language needed to be successful as school.
What is academic or content knowledge?
200
What occurs in students with rich, strong, primary language that enables them to develop a second language more rapidly.
What is making more connections?
200
We see the effects of weak primary language modeling in more than just children learning a second language. It can also be seen in what other situations.
What is poverty?
300
This was one of the greatest mistakes made in education in the 1980's and subsequently hindered language development.
What is telling parents to only speak to their children in English?
300
To allow academic concepts and content to be accessible to all students, teach these strategies for learning.
What is highlighting, note-taking and sketching.
300
Why did research show that Vietnamese children from wealthy families, immigrating to US, transitioned into school with relative ease.
What is literate and high knowledge of academic content?
300
Students from poverty may lack this, which allows for greater ease in academic growth.
What is a lack of multiple learning experiences outside of school?
400
The effect, in the 1980's, of telling parents only to speak to children in English.
What is weak language modeling.
400
Create a bridge between student understanding and content knowledge. This tool incorporates the power of visual processing.
What are picture file cards?
400
Children immigrating from Taiwanese refugee camps struggled in school because they had to learn what 2 things.
What is English vocabulary and core academic concepts?
400
When students have these basic needs met, they are able to cognitively attend better.
What is sufficient food and adequate clothing?
500
Today parents are encouraged to talk to their children; however, another problem with destructive effects has emerged, which similarly, can encourage no-talking.
What is technology?
500
This valuable teaching strategy takes into account kinesthetics, auditory, and visual learning.
What is total physical response (TPR)?
500
Successful classrooms need to teach these 2 things consistently and regularly.
What is vocabulary and core concept knowledge?
500
Learning a second language is a process that weaves through how many steps?