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Bringing Language Alive!


This title is a part of the series Starting Points Series

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Catalogue Number:  EP0024DV
Producer:  Teaching Strategies, INC.
Subject:  Early Childhood Education
Language:  ENGLISH
Grade Level:  Teachers/Educators
Country of Origin:  U.S.
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Running Time:  30
Rights:  PPR

Help every child acquire language:

How do children acquire a first language? What happens when a second language is introduced? Now, you can show key elements of first and second language acquisition. Next, introduce the simple, but powerful, strategies that support both second language learners and native English speakers.

Make language comprehensible:

To learn language, children must have comprehensible input. They need to hear language in rich and meaningful contexts that help them connect words with their experiences. Here are dozens of examples of teachers bringing language alive, enabling children to construct meaning and deepen their understanding.

Viewers will learn:

- Critical elements of 1st and 2nd language acquisition
- How to expand comprehension and vocabulary
- How hands-on experiences deepen language understanding
- How repetition builds language and concepts
- How to access and use children's prior knowledge - How to integrate language acquisition activities across the curriculum
- How learning in pairs and cooperatively increases language learning





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