Monthly Archives: February 2010

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Kindergartners switch between English, Spanish

Kindergartners Swtich Between English, Spanish

Kindergarten teacher Marla Larsson dances with Jovany Lovna during class earlier in February at Banting Elementary School in Waukesha. Students in the dual-language kindergarten program switch between English and Spanish.

An article from the Wisconsin Journal

http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/85011447.html

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Mandarin language classes flourish in rural schools

Ruch Elementary School student Robert Starchivick, 12, left, breaks up while practicing a conversation in Mandarin with Erika Adams, 12. Mail Tribune / Jim Craven

Southern Oregon’s Mail Tribune

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100215/NEWS/2150308

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Between 2 worlds: Parents help adopted children bridge 2 cultures

By Oscar Avila, Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/ct-met-adoption-culture-20100214,0,6219153.story

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Foreign Languages Fade in Class — Except Chinese

Taken from the New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/education/21chinese.html

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Book Recommendation- Critical Issues in Early Second Language Learning

Critical Issues in EARLY Second Language Learning: Building for Our Children’s Future (Paperback)

~ Myriam Met (Editor)

Critical Issues in Early Second Language Acquisition

In the book, Critical Issues in Early Second Language Learning: Building for Our Children’s Future Myriam Met collected a series of essays and studies on foreign language study in early childhood. An interesting point that is made in the book is that skills in more traditional disciplines like math and English do not suffer as a result of the time taken away for language study. In fact, the contrary was found to be true.

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