Teaching DLLs
Proven Strategies to Support DLL/MLLs in the Preschool Classroom by Kelly Adams
Karen NemethPlease welcome our guest blogger, Kelly Adams! Kelly is the English Language Development PreK Coach for an urban school district in Pennsylvania. The program serves 350 preschoolers and over 30% are identified as Dual Language...
Early Years TV Blog Post
Karen Nemethby Karen Nemeth I was honored to have a conversation with Kathy Brodie on Early Years TV. We talked about Strategies to Engage Multilingual Learners in All Areas of Learning. Click this link to hear...
Multilingual Learners Need Materials with Intrinsic Meaning
Karen NemethMultilingual learners need materials with intrinsic meaning When young children are new to the language spoken by their teacher, they depend on useful materials to provide content and comprehension for their learning. That’s why I...
Teachers of Young Children Need More than Translanguaging Theory
Karen NemethBy Karen Nemeth A friend recently shared this article with me: Misunderstanding Translanguaging in Preschoolers from Good Men Project website. It discusses a study by Dr. Gabrijela Aleksić. The author describes preschool children as having...
Does it Work? 4 Key Questions About DLLs/MLLs
Karen NemethLanguage Castle Cognate Guide: How to Use Spanish/English Cognates to Support Dual Language Learners in Preschool and Kindergarten by Karen Nemeth 2016 Spotlight on Young Children: Supporting Dual Language Learners Meghan Dombrink-Green and Holly Bohart, Editors with...