SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD AT HOME
Even if you don't speak the target language:
Even if you don't speak the target language:
- Read to your child in your strongest language to encourage development of the home language and to model fluent reading.
- Literacy in a native language is an advantage when one is learning to read in a second language.
- Talk about the books with your child. Talk about the characters, plot, and what they liked or didn’t like. Encourage conversation in the home language.
- Be positive about the language and encourage the student during difficult times to persevere.
- Interact with native speakers of the target language.
- Attend cultural events.
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