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Why learning languages at an early age? Why, How, and When Should My Child Learn a Second Language? by Kathleen Marcos , the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington, D.C. Brain Research: Implications for Second Language Learning by Fred Genesee, McGill University, December 2000 Bilingual Acquisition by Fred Genesee, McGill University, Montreal Quebec Can Preschool Children Be Taught a Second Language by Jeannette Vos Ed,V Two or More Languages in Early Childhood by Annick De Houwer, University of Antwerp and Science Foundation of Flanders, Belgium The impact of bilingualism on overall language development Article from Brainy-child.com-B Fostering Second Language Development in Young Children This Digest is based on a report published by the National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning, Fostering Second Language Development in Young Children: Principles and Practices (1995), by Barry McLaughlin. Bilingual kids not slowed by second tongue by The News in Science. Bilingual Children Understand Written Languages Sooner Than Monolingual Children, Study Finds Article: Effects of Bilingualism and Biliteracy on Children's Emerging concepts of Print' by Ellen Bialystok, Ph.D., York University, in Developmental Psychology, Vol. 33, No. 3.
Bilingualism: Common Concerns and Misconceptions Ten Common Fallacies About Bilingual Education By James Crawford, Washington, DC Myths about Learning a Second Language By Annick De Houwer Does Introducing a Foreign Language Confuse Your Child? Raising Bilingual Children by Marsha Rosenberg. Reprinted from: The Ambassador, The American School in Japan Alumni & Community Magazine Spring 1996 Children and Bilingualism By American Speech-Language-Hearing Association IFA Paper: UCL Survey on Bilingualism and Stuttering By James Au-Yeung, Peter Howell, Steve Davis, Nicole Charles and Stevie Sackin Helping Families From Other Cultures Decide on How to Talk To Their Child with Language Delays By Claire Watson, Senior S-LP, The Hanen Centre Stuttering and the Bilingual Child By Stuttering Foundation of America Stuttering and the Bilingual Child Brochure By Stuttering Foundation of America
Special Educational Needs by David R. Wilson. United Kingdom
Learning Disabilities: Teaching and Reaching All Learners, world language teachers' guide to avoid exclusion of students with learning disabilities
Should students with learning disabilities be exempt from foreign language requirements?, The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education (ERIC EC)
The Foreign Language Teacher's Guide to Learning Disabilities, Department of Foreign Languages, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
What We Can Learn From Foreign Language Teaching In Other Countries By Ingrid Pufahl, Nancy C. Rhodes, and Donna Christian, Center for Applied Linguistics
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Nanduti is a wonderful resource on foreign language learning in grades K-8 National Network for Early Language Learning American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages The Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition NABE - National Association for Bilingual Education The National Capital Language Resource Center
RECOMMENDED BOOKS Books for Parents and Children
Parents Choice Award Winning Books Co-authored by Marcela Summerville <
For Teachers Practical Handbook to Elementary Foreign Language Programs: (Files) Including Sequential Fles, Flex, and Immersion Programs by Gladys C. Lipton Teacher To Teach Model Lessons For K-8 Foreign Language by Mary Lynn Redmond, Eileen Lorenz For Parents
For Children EXCELLENT WEBSITES Ana Lomba World language materials for Young Children created by Ana Lomba. Ana is the co-author of "Play and Learn Spanish" and "Play and Learn French" (Lomba, Summerville 2005).
Anacleta by Kathy Siddons,. A website for Foreign Language teachers to find teaching tips, classroom ideas, Spanish language and culture links. She has compiled excellent resources for parents and teachers on second language acquisition.
Language Lizard ,LLC offers award-winning bilingual children's products in Spanish-English and 40
other languages. Products include books, audio CDs, picture dictionaries, colorful
multilingual posters and world maps.
Centro Barahona // Barahona Center at California State University, San Marcos, promotes literacy in English and Spanish.
TEACHER RESOURCES Mariuccia Iaconi Book Imports: Home MEP ::: Midwest European Publications Multilingual Matters / Channel View Publications Libreria Santa Fe ( a bookstore from Argentina that has international services)
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