RESOURCES
FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS
We are growing our list of sites and books that support parents and teachers
interested in early language learning and introducing their children to other
cultures and traditions. Continue to check back with us!
FOR BILINGUAL FAMILIES
Anacleta's Spanish & World Language/Culture Resources
www.anacleta.com is a comprehensive source of materials, activities, and ideas about the Spanish language and its many cultures, as well as other world language and cultures, especially for children under ten and their parents and FLES, dual language, immersion, and bilingual teachers.
Billingual/Bicultural Family Network and Multilingual Living Magazine
BBFN
(www.biculturalfamily.org) provides great articles and resources to help families
raise bilingual and culturally aware children. BBFN also offers a fantastic
50+ page magazine jam-packed with informational articles, book reviews and more.
A terrific value for anyone interested in raising bilingual children and keeping
abreast of issues related to early language learning. You can sign up at www.biculturalfamily.org/subscriptions.html.
BilingualWiki.com
www.Bilingualwiki.com opens a discussion
and offers research and tips on bilingualism in general. It is also helpful
for adults learning a second language and for parents working to expose
their children to another language.
Bilingual Families Connect
www.BilingualFamiliesConnect.com is
a site to find tips and advice from other parents who are raising bilingual children.
Multilingual Munchkins
http://www.multilingualmunchkins.com has an active forum for parents raising their children to speak more than one language and also helps to arrange foreign language play-groups.
Bilingual Child Care 4 U
http://www.bilingualchildcare4u.com is dedicated to helping families and bilingual child care providers connect with each other. Initiated in 2008, this site is focused on the San Francisco Bay Area but plans to branch out over time.
LANGUAGE ORGANIZATIONS
National Network for Early Language Learning (www.nnell.org)
The Center for Applied Linguistics (www.cal.org) CAL also runs the Ñandutí web
site for foreign language learning in Grades pre-K to 8 at http://www.cal.org/earlylang/index.html.
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (www.actfl.org)
The National Association for Bilingual Education (www.nabe.org)
ESL RESOURCES
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (www.tesol.org)
ESL Teachers Board www.eslteachersboard.com is a great
resource for ESL teachers, providing free teaching materials, jobs and resumes.
EverythingESL (www.EverythingESL.net): Run by ESL teacher, author and speaker Judie Haynes, this site includes lesson plans, teaching tips and more.
Learn English (www.learnenglishguide.com): A site with information about learning and speaking English.
CULTURAL & HERITAGE ORGANIZATIONS
German American Heritage Foundation (www.ugac.org)
The German American Heritage Foundation is dedicated to promoting and preserving the cultural heritage of Americans of German-speaking ancestry. By recognizing and honoring the accomplishments of distinguished German-Americans, providing educational materials to students, establishing a National Heritage Center in Washington DC , celebrating German-American Day, and more, we are continuously striving to add programs and services that nationally highlight the contributions and achievements of our ethnic group.
BOOKS
Spanish for Preschoolers E-Guide
This is a great guide to help teachers who want to start their own language program or enhance their current one. Written by NNELL-NJ Representative Ana Lomba, this guide provides an overview of current language learning theories and methodologies in their application to young children; an introduction to Ana’s methodology focused on learning naturally using everyday phrases, games, songs, fairy tales and other stories; as well as explanations of program curriculum, day-to-day classes and sample activities. You can learn more about and purchase this e-guide at http://www.analomba.com/teachers.html.
Languages and Children: Making the Match, Third Edition
With a focus on communicative language teaching as it reflects cognitive and second language acquisition theory, this classic in the field provides a wealth of strategies and activities ready to use in the K-8 classroom. Languages and Children: Making the Match, Third Edition, has been thoroughly revised and updated. Standards-based planning and instruction are the guiding principles throughout the book. This long-awaited third edition provides extensive new information that is not easily accessible to the field. Publishing this information in one source provides a tremendous service to methods instructors and teachers, as well as to students. To purchase this book through Amazon.com, click here.
Teach Your Child Spanish Through Play
This book is a valuable resource for parents, home educators and teachers. It includes tips for parents who don't already speak Spanish, creative games and activities that cater to each learning style. Also contains a guide to teaching culture, ideas for building and maintaining bilingual communities and a useful resource directory. To purchase this book through Amazon.com, click here.
Book Forums
http://www.bookboardz.com provides a forum about Books, allowing you to view multiple book posts and post your book comments.
OTHER LANGUAGE / CULTURE RESOURCES
Creative Bridges for Language Learning Institute
For teachers who want to soak up language, music and culture in person, Creative Bridges for Language Learning Institute has received much praise about its summer immersion program in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The program offers a unique, fun-filled hands-on/theory immersion program for Spanish, Bilingual and ESL educators. To find out more about this program, visit www.SpanishImmersionArgentina.org or contact founder Liliana Attar at CreativeBridgesInstitute@Yahoo.com.
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