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NEW! Multilingual Learning Toolkit Updates (June 2023)
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Early Edge California
Early Edge California
NEW! Multilingual Learning Toolkit Updates
Early Edge California and partners are excited to share new updates to the Multilingual Learning Toolkit!
Updates include:
- 17 new video resources from our partners at WestEd in collaboration with the California Department of Education on topics such as assessment of Dual Language Learners (DLLs), culturally and linguistically responsive communication, family partnerships to support children’s bilingual development, and more!
- Assessment of Dual Language Learners
- Home Language as Foundation for English-Language Development
- Understanding Unique Aspects of Dual Language Development
- Being Intentional and Monitoring Program Goals
- Balanced English and Home Language Development
- English-Language Development with Home Language Support
- Key Practices That Support Language Development—Particularly for Young Dual Language Learners
- Encourage Use of Home Language at Home and in Preschool
- Use and Display Culturally Familiar Content
- Use Visual Cues, Physical Gestures, Props, and Multimedia
- Build on Opportunities to Promote English Language Development
- Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Communication
- Being Responsive to Home Language and Culture
- Integrating Home Culture and Language in Learning Activities and Environments
- Integrating Family, Culture, and Language in the Curriculum
- Supportive Emotional Climate for Relationships
- Family Partnerships to Support Children’s Bilingual Development
- A new video from Early Edge designed to inform California State Preschool Program (CSPP) teachers and administrators about the asset-based DLL identification process and its simple 15-minute conversation called the “Family Language and Interest Interview,” as outlined by Management Bulletin (MB) 23-03.
To help ensure this resource remains as relevant and useful to the field as possible, feel free to share any suggestions or ideas for new content that you would like to see on the website: www.multilinguallearningtoolkit.org/contact.
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