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		<title>Writing and selling ebooks in 10 easy steps</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marc R. Bjorkman and Karen Nemeth Language Castle LLC As soon as Apple released the new iBook Author software, we wanted to try our hand at creating an iBook. Our first one is Top Ten Lists: Tips for Working Effectively with Young Dual Language Learners.  A lot of you have asked how we did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Factors for Successful Professional Development!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top Ten Factors for Successful Professional Development! by Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. A large part of my work is doing professional development about teaching young DLLs.  I’ve traveled the country and worked with hundreds of programs.  I am always mindful that my visit is so temporary, but what happens in each program before and after I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Meaning of Meaning in Second Language Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Meaning of Meaning in Second Language Learning By Karen Nemeth This week in my workshops we discussed some differences between the language environment of a baby learning L1 and the experiences of an older child learning L2. In the whole first year of life, parents and caregivers talk to infants about what’s happening currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Office of English Language Acquisition is bringing early childhood to the table!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), under the direction of Dr. Rosalinda Barrera, is moving forward with new supports for our field.  Here are some key elements of their new message: In the September 21, 2011 report “Issues from the National Conversations on Educating English Language Learners for the 21st [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to “Early Care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families”</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Response to “Early Care and Education for Children in Immigrant Families” This article by Lynn A. Karoly and Gabriella C. Gonzalez in the Spring 2011 issue of the Future of Children journal, provides some solid information about the participation of immigrant children in different types of early care and education.   The authors analyze how factors like poverty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dozen Myths about Meeting the Language Needs of Young Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Dozen Myths about Meeting the Language Needs of Young Children By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. Today I asked the audience how many of these myths they have encountered.  The discussion actually led them to assess their own knowledge and beliefs about planning language supports for early childhood education.  Have you seen these myths in action? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screening and Assessment for Preschool Dual Language Learners???</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. Truth is I don’t have a magic answer to the many questions about how preschool children should be screened and assessed when they speak languages other than English and Spanish. But I do have an honest opinion based on my reading of current information from top sources. So – I’ll share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Seen &#8220;Driveby Teaching&#8221;?  It&#8217;s Not Good for Dual Language Learners!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Karen Nemeth Have you observed an early childhood teacher who does a lot of talking as she moves around, multitasking throughout the day? She’ll call out, “That’s a nice tower! I like how you guys are sharing” as she is wiping down tables on the other side of the room, or “Keep the playdough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Can&#8217;t Wait for Superman to Help Young Dual Language Learners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen Nemeth Don’t wait – I think you can find Superman in the heart of every great preschool teacher! Based on what I’ve been reading lately, the real question is how are we going to release the superpowers of preschool teachers so they can ensure the best possible start for all of the young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professional Development Secret Weapons &#8211; Early Childhood Language and Cultural Diversity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professional Development Secret Weapons – Early Childhood Language and Cultural Diversity By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. These professional development resources are so useful &#8211; I’m starting to feel a little guilty about keeping them to myself!  If you’ve attended my workshops, you&#8217;ve seen how I use them.  Anyone who does presentations about early childhood education focusing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is on your diversity team?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is on your diversity team? By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. I think every preschool program should have a diversity team.  Bring together staff, parents, and members of your community that speak the languages of the children in your classrooms so they can provide help and support in a variety of ways.  Whether you have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter to your School or Program Administrator/Director on Supporting Dual Language Learners in Preschool</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter to Administrators about Dual Language Learners in Preschool (a template you can use &#8211; by Karen Nemeth) Dear [Administrator]: I appreciate the opportunity to work with you on this most important task: teaching preschool children who come from different language background.  We both know that I can only be a truly effective teacher for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Rules for Teaching English/Dual Language Learners in Preschool?? A Conversation Starter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Rules” for Teaching English/Dual Language Learners in Preschool?? A Conversation Starter by Karen Nemeth People are often asking me to just tell them the “rules” for teaching dual language learners in preschool.  They seem disappointed when I answer, “It depends!”.   Whether you say English language learners (ELLs) or dual language learners (DLLs), they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bilingual Education Programs for Preschool? Not so fast!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By:  Karen Nemeth The debate in Illinois about whether bilingual education should be required for preschool shows the growing level attention being paid to how we should meet the needs of young children from different language backgrounds (via Edweek http://bit.ly/dhxA2n ). Unfortunately, I think the question being debated is off track. Determining a specific type [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Preschool Language Blender</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. I recently visited a childcare center that had five preschool classrooms. There were children who spoke eight different languages and adults who spoke only three of those languages. The director had done plenty of reading of about the need to support home language development in young children. In her view, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting the Early Learning Needs of ALL Children – Not Just the Ones Who Show Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. If you are reading this, you must be interested in early childhood education.  Now, here’s the question at the core of this post:  “Have you given any thought to the children who, for one reason or another, will not be able to attend a preschool program?” There’s an awful lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Quality Preschool – Outside School Walls</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen Nemeth, Ed.M. My last blog, “Meeting the Early Learning Needs of ALL Children  – Not Just the Ones Who Show Up”, generated some important questions from readers, and I promised some answers.  How can states and districts accomplish the goal of providing high quality preschool education to all, when some simply will not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Visiting Can Bolster High Quality Preschool Efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen Nemeth I blogged about my concern that high quality preschool is failing to reach some of the neediest children who can’t make it to a program every day. My main emphasis is always about how these issues and solutions will affect children from different language backgrounds. Then, I posted several resources and solutions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Education to the Homes of Young Children – Blog Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen Nemeth Ed.M. Last week I attended a leadership symposium presented by the Pew Center on the States.  John Schlitt, director of the new Pew Home Visiting Campaign, hosted informative presentations and fielded important questions from participants.  We learned about the sophisticated research techniques that will be used to assess which aspects of home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Message for Parents of ELLs: Success in English Starts with Supporting the Home Language!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time after time teachers ask, “we believe in supporting the home language, but what should we do when parents ask us NOT to use anything other than English?”  Parents who speak another language often enroll their child in a preschool program with the expectation that total immersion in English will speed their child’s progress in American schools.  Here is some information you can use to engage parents in a strong collaboration in support of each child’s growing ability to learn and communicate in their home language.]]></description>
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