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From https://seidlitzblog.org/2019/07/10/primary-language-support-in-general-education-classrooms/#more-170

Valentina Gonzalez explains why primary language support is important for students who are still learning the language of classroom content instruction. She writes,

"Primary language support benefits English learners because it promotes an assets-based stance. PLS views students from a strengths-based lens and makes us ask, 'What literacy do students come to us already having? How can we use their primary literacy in order to grow literacy in a new language?'

"PLS also lives under the premise that language is tied to a student’s identity. And if we believe that, then we honor students’ identities by making room for all of their native languages. We make connections to their linguistic repertoire and teach them how to do the same."

Read her full article to get ideas for using primary language support in your classroom: https://seidlitzblog.org/2019/07/10/primary-language-support-in-general-education-classrooms/#more-170