Teaching DLLs
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...
Fast 5 Gamechangers Empower DLLs With Conversations!
Karen NemethPerhaps the best kind of teacher talk might be less teacher talk! All through college and professional development experiences, teachers learn what to say to children. But, one of the greatest gifts you can...
What early childhood educators need to succeed with DLLs
Karen NemethHere are the recommendations and resources I sent for consideration for NAEYC’s Power to the Profession initiative. I believe policy needs to say more about preparing monolingual and multilingual early childhood educators to teach children...