Should second
language instruction begin earlier in elementary school?
School divisions are encouraged to offer foreign
language instruction beginning in the elementary grades.
He mentioned specifically the massive sales of English - language ebooks in markets such as the Netherlands, where English -
language instruction begins early in school but also where the market for native language ebooks hasn't quite caught up to other markets.
Not exact matches
Toronto's Centennial College will also
begin offering
instruction in Islamic finance this fall, partly due to interest from one of the Big Five banks in helping their staff speak the same
language as clients with different financial backgrounds.
The project has two subjects, Koko and Michael, who have learned to use American Sign
Language (Ameslan), to understand spoken English, and to read printed words.10 Koko's
instruction,
begun in 1973, is the longest ongoing
language study of an ape, and the only one with continuous
instruction by the same teacher.
In 2005, we
began a new program to for Miami - Dade Public Schools to introduce students with autism, learning disabilities, and visual, physical,
language and emotional impairments to dance
instruction by developing a new and unique dance residency program.
«I
began to use jigsaw more frequently because of my interest in inquiry - based
instruction in the
language arts classroom,» said Berg.
Parents have
begun to push for more English
language instruction.
Known as a whole -
language state whose districts protected their independence, Arizona
began to change rapidly when Jaime Molera was appointed state superintendent of
instruction in May 2001 and Reading First was signed into law as part of No Child Left Behind eight months later.
Public school districts may commence
language other than English
instruction at any grade level prior to grade eight but shall do so no later than the
beginning of grade eight so that students are provided the required two units of study by the end of grade nine.
Absent from the literature, however, are measured directions for how teachers might develop technology literacy themselves, as well as specific plans for how they might
begin to critically assess the potential that technology holds for them in enhancing their English
language arts or methods
instruction.
The foundation
begins with a comprehensive, research - based common
language or model of
instruction.
The Aspiring Leaders program — combined with an additional program for principals called Leading for Better
Instruction, also funded by the Orchard Foundation — creates a cohesive movement where all levels of the school
begin speaking the same
language.
Instead of blaming them or throwing up their hands in despair, the teachers
begin to use
language of empowerment and persistence in finding a network of support for their
instruction, their school environment, and the community.
In this course, students
begin their foreign
language study through listening, speaking, reading and writing activities based on pedagogically proven methods of foreign
language instruction.
They haven't received rigorous
instruction — and because
beginning and introductory - level
language and English as a Second
Language classes tend to focus mostly on basic retrieval of vocabulary, many educators aren't even sure how help
language learners meet rigorous standards.
Share the learning targets before you
begin instruction, in
language your students can understand.
Nevertheless, recent studies have
begun to question whether incidental
instruction through book reading may be substantial enough to significantly boost children's oral vocabulary development.19 Several meta - analyses, for example, have reported only small to moderate effects of book reading on vocabulary development.20 One group of researchers examined the added benefits of dialogic reading, an interactive reading strategy, on children's vocabulary growth and reported only modest gains for 2 - to 3 - year - olds.21 Further, these effects were reduced to negligible levels when children were 4 to 5 years old or when they were at risk for
language and literacy impairments.
Starting in 8th grade, each student receives four years of Spanish -
language instruction,
beginning with either a native
language arts class for Spanish speakers or a more traditional high school Spanish course.
Students also saw
language as important to
beginning reading
instruction.
According to one synthesis of best practices for English
language learners, the core reading program is a good place to
begin choosing words for
instruction in the elementary grades (Gersten et al., 2007).
Early intervention or additional direct
instruction should
begin as early as kindergarten or first grade for struggling readers when the gap is small and students benefit from brain plasticity advantages for learning
language - based information.