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- Dec 3, 2015
- 1 min
Telling stories helps refugee children learn a new language
How do young children who have come to the United States as immigrants or refugees learn English? At one early education school and laboratory in Houston, the new language comes to life when kids use storytelling and dramatic play to get talking. Full story: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/telling-stories-helps-refugee-children-learn-a-new-language/ #bi #children #culture #education #english #family #language #learn #lingual #story
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- Nov 19, 2015
- 1 min
Tablet use can benefit bilingual preschoolers
An article on Phys.org: A new thesis from Uppsala University shows tablet use can benefit bilingual preschoolers. 'My study shows that active work with digital tablets in preschool settings is a good way to facilitate children's communication, especially for the youngest children who cannot yet read or write. The digital tablets can become considerably important to children with other first languages, since the teachers often have no knowledge of their language,' says Petra P
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- Mar 26, 2015
- 1 min
More Languages Gives Kids Better Brains
We like this article on how multi-lingualism gives kids better brains: http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/gift-of-tongues-more-languages-gives-kids-better-b/2578728/ #multi #culture #language #learn #children #bi #education #lingual #cultural
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- Mar 4, 2015
- 1 min
My #1 Tourist Duh
So the things I worried about regarding our trip to Seoul, Korea, like finding my way around and communicating, turned out better than I ever expected. Seoulites are tourist friendly, helpful and hospitable and so it was easy. I pulled out every Korean word I learned in the last 2 years in school and then some. On the other hand, things I never dreamed would be an issue, like laundry (virtually no dryer in Korea) surfaced as challenges. We did wash at mom's place and hung
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