Today, LEGO ® Education announced the launch of its free hands on activities, designed to help additional language learners to
develop language competences in a motivating and playful environment.
Not exact matches
Having skills in
languages other than your own can contribute to
developing global
competence.
The «threshold» hypothesis states that there is a threshold level of linguistic
competence in the native
language that all children must attain in order to avoid cognitive disadvantages, while the «developmental interdependence» hypothesis holds that the development of skills in a second
language is facilitated by skills already
developed in learning the first
language.
Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski explain how English -
language learners must
develop academic
language proficiency as well as communicative
competence, and provide a lesson plan they have used successfully with their ELL students.
This PLE is called «
Developing Organizational Cultural
Competence» because of the important role that culture and
language have in ELL education.
Play is an important vehicle for
developing self - regulation and promoting
language, cognition, and social
competence.
Occasionally I test an older English
language learner who appears to not have
developed PA, but when someone who is fluent in the child's
language asks that a word be segmented in the home - rooted
language, the child proves his or her
competence in PA..
The 10 ELP Standards highlight a strategic set of
language functions (what students do with
language to accomplish content - specific tasks) and
language forms (vocabulary, grammar, and discourse specific to a particular content area or discipline) which are needed by ELLs as they
develop competence in the practices associated with English
language arts (ELA) & literacy, mathematics, and science (Bunch, Kiber, & Pimentel, 2013; CCSSO, 2012; Lee, Quinn, & Valdez, 2013; Moschkovich, 2012; van Lier & Walqui, 2012).
Play is an important vehicle for
developing self - regulation and pro ¬ moting
language, cognition, and social
competence.
Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including
language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased
competence with peers, which over time
develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.
Play is an important vehicle for
developing self - regulation as well as promoting
language, cognition, and social
competence... [Play] gives [children] opportunities to explore the world, interact with others, express and control emotions,
develop their symbolic and problem - solving abilities, and practice emerging skills.
«Until the release of Emotional Intelligence, which was quickly translated into many
languages, there was little contact between educators like me, who were
developing school programs to cultivate social and emotional
competence in children, and the psychologists and research scientists studying the neurological underpinnings and development of human emotion,» says Linda Lantieri, cofounder of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program.
Being able to speak the Spanish
language is more effective than interpreter services, as it increases cultural
competence and leads to greater understanding of
developing and growing up within two
language cultures.
The EHS Teacher is responsible for
developing and implementing age and developmentally appropriate lesson plans and activities designed to promote the social
competence, cognitive and
language deve