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| Title | Dual Language in Early Education Best for Youngest ELLs, Report Says |
| Body | From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2013/05/dual_language_in_early_educati.html Dual Language in Early Education Best for Youngest ELLs, Report Says By Lesli A. Maxwell May 14, 2013 Young English-language learners who are still developing oral and literacy skills in their home languages benefit most in early-childhood programs that regularly expose them to both languages. That's one of several major takeaways in a new federally funded analysis of the large, and growing, population of dual-language learners, ranging from birth to 5, already enrolled in, or headed for, early-childhood-education programs. The analysis, released today, also underscores that dual-language learners develop language skills differently than their monolingual, English-speaking peers. Young dual-language learners, who are using two separate language systems, will take longer to reach proficiency in both languages than their peers learning only one. Read the full article at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2013/05/dual_language_in_early_educati.html Access the report at http://www.edweek.org/media/policypaper-05-10-13-learning-the-language.pdf |
| Source | Education Week |
| Inputdate | 2013-05-19 10:15:23 |
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| Publishdate | 2013-05-20 00:00:00 |
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