What?
For iExplore in Term 3, 2017 a group of learners worked with me on exploring their culture. As part of their learning they created a dual language book with information about their culture in English as well as their first language.
So what?
Dual language books have been designed to help children learn to speak, read and write English well, by building on the strengths of their strongest language to do this.
Children start school with different strengths in language:
Some children may speak their first language strongly, but their English language may not be quite so strong.
Some children may speak English well and be able to understand their heritage language but not speak it strongly.
Others may be able to speak some of their own language and some English, but not be strong in either.
Now what?
When children create dual language books they are meant to take them home and read them to family members, in their strongest language. That could be their first language or English.
Thank you for sharing these resources with us for Samoan Language in iExperience.. These readers are great.
ReplyDeleteI saw a similar idea a few years ago at a conference in the US. I have never had the time to do it but think it's amazing. I wonder if some of your learners would like to share those with us in LH3? It would probably inspire them to do the same! Well done!
ReplyDeleteAwesome stuff Radha. I wonder how you could use this cross curricular to help improve ELL achievement? Keep up the good work.
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