Hi merri,
I have compiled a list of articles, readings, and resources for you.
As a parent of bilingual daughters, and a grandmother of bilingual
granddaughters, I feel this first link is most helpful. (My hope is
that you do not encounter the resistance I do and did.) This first
site helps dispel the myth that young children will be confused by
learning and learning in, two languages.
?Research shows that children who study a foreign language in the
preschool or elementary years have a higher level of success in their
other studies, particularly English and math.?
Language League
http://www.languageleague.com/id19.htm
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/classics/preschool/iv.htm#common
Language Delays
Hanen Center
http://hanen.velocet.ca/wigwag_winter95.shtml
Studies of Bilingual Toddlers
American Speech-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.ucf.edu/patterson.html
Learning Disability or Language Development Issue in Bilingual Students?
Everything ESL
http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/special_education.php
Raising Bilingual Children
Internet TESL Journal
http://iteslj.org/Articles/Rosenberg-Bilingual.html
Bilingual Acquisition
EarlyChildhood
http://www.earlychildhood.com/Articles/index.cfm?FuseAction=Article&A=38
Language and Literacy Development for Young English Learners
http://www.tesol.org/assoc/statements/2001-youngells.html
Acquiring Literacy in English, Early Childhood
Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/acqlit/
Also from the Center for Applied Linguistics, but geared towards
Spanish speaking children
http://www.cal.org/delss/
Preschool Guide to Family Reading in Two Languages:
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/classics/preschool/index.htm
Problems of Bilingual Families
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/special.html
About Child Language
Kids Source
http://www.kidsource.com/ASHA/child_language.html
Practical Rules for Bilingual Familes
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/practical.html
Learning a Second Language
Kids Source
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content3/second.language.p.k12.2.html
Children and Bilingualism
http://www.kidsource.com/ASHA/bilingual.html
Literacy Building Activities for Non-Native English Speaking Speaking
Homes http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/jeilms/vol14/nathenso.htm
A study of bilingual four-year-olds:
University of Cincinnati
http://www.uc.edu/njrp/pdfs/Tabors.pdf
Additional Resources:
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/links/parenting.htm
Resources for Bi-lingual Families. Here you can find resources in many
languages, including Spanish and Portuguese, Italian, Nordic
Languages, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Korean, French and Japanese
http://www.nethelp.no/cindy/resources.html
Recommended books for parents raising a bi-lingual child
http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/jaltbsig/sources.html
Preschool Assesments
Dave?s ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/help/index.cgi?noframes;read=101054
Assessing Language Development in Bilingual Preschool Children
The National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/pigs/pig22.htm
Growing Up in Two Languages
New York Association of Early Childhood and Infant Psychologists
http://www.nyaecip.org/newsletters/fall01/fall01childbilingual.html
Limitations of Bilingual Testing
ERIC
http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed470203.html
Bilingualism Research . This is a Power Point Presentation. You don?t
need to have Power Point installed, but you will need to click the
screen once to advance each slide.
http://www.cbsld.com/assets/pdfs/pres_AssessmentOptions.PDF
Supporting Literacy for Preschool Children of Bilingual Families
Child and Family Canada
http://www.cfc-efc.ca/docs/cccf/00001045.htm
Q&A About Language Development
http://www.mfrc-dodqol.org/healthyparenting/pdfs/genparenting/QAP11languagedevelopment.pdf
Enhancing Preschool Language Development, Arizona State University
(Not geared toward ESL, but towards generallanguage development)
http://icrp.asu.edu/Research/Enhancelang.pdf
This report summarizes the research conducted to date on two-way
immersion education including aspects such as has design and
implementation, student outcomes, instructional strategies,
cross-cultural issues, and the attitudes and experiences of students,
parents, and teachers involved. This free publication was created by
CAL researchers and published by the Center for Research on the
Education of Students Placed at Risk and can be downloaded for future
reading.2003
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/crespar/techReports/Report63.pdf
Another downloadable report. See the abstract here:
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/nysabe/vol12/nysabe122.htm
Download the report here:
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/nysabe/vol12/nysabe122.pdf
Can Babies and Toddlers Become Bilingual, or Even Trilingual?
Toddlers Today
http://toddlerstoday.com/resources/articles/trilingual.htm
A Study of Young Learners, From Spanish to English
http://www.cal.org/pubs/articles/skillstransfer-nabe.html
This site has tables to determine language development, for adopted
children.(middle of the page). While your question does not pertain to
adopted children, this chart can help you assess a toddler?s second
language skills.
Towson University
http://pages.towson.edu/sglennen/InfantToddlerLanguageDev.htm
Bilingual Education Resources
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/ci/bilingue/resources.html
Teaching Children to Be Bilingual (Near the bottom of the page)
Complete Translation
http://www.completetranslation.com/multilingual.htm
Book Resources:
http://topics.practical.org/browse/Bilingual_Education
Excerpt from ?Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in
Spanish-English Speakers?
http://www.pbrookes.com/store/books/tabors-272x/excerpt.htm
http://www.pbrookes.com/store/books/goldstein-6873/
Second Language Immersion
Language League
http://www.languageleague.com/id29.htm
There you go, Merri. If any part of this answer is unclear, or if I
have duplicated sites you have already visited, please request an
Answer Clarification, before rating. This will enable me to assist you
further, if possible.
Regards,
crabcakes-ga
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