ED469671 PS030713
Title:
Language Is the Key: A Program for Building Language and Literacy.
"Talking and Books" {and} "Talking and Play"
Resource Guide {with Videotapes}.
Author(s):: Cole, Kevin; Maddox, Mary; Lim, Young Sook; Notari-Syverson,
Angela
Author Affiliation: Washington Research Inst., Seattle.(BBB28770)
Pages: 38
Publication Date: June 2002
Notes: Videotapes are not available from ERIC.
Sponsoring Agency: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS),
Washington, DC. (EDD00017)
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Availability: Language Is the Key, Washington Research Institute,
150 Nickerson Street, Suite 305, Seattle, WA 98109 ($95, per set
of two videotapes and guide). Tel: 206-285-9317; Fax: 206-285-1523;
Web site: http://www.wri-edu.org.
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Classroom--Teacher (052); Non-print
media (100)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Washington
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN2003
Target Audience: Parents; Teachers; Practitioners
This training
manual and companion videotapes comprise an educational program
for professionals and paraprofessionals who work with young children
with language disorders. The program is particularly helpful in
serving children from linguistic minority backgrounds and their
families. The program's strategies are also appropriate for teachers
and parents of children in the 2- to 4-year-old range who are developing
typically. The "Language Is Key" model draws upon three
research bases: early language is critical to later academic success;
parents can use simple language facilitation strategies after brief
training; and strengthening a child's first language will also support
the development of English. Following an introduction, the manual
presents brief descriptions of the program's recommendations to
train staff in using language strategies with children, to train
staff in training parents/families, and to train parents/families.
The next section details the program's conceptual framework and
the three language facilitation strategies: Comment and wait; Ask
questions and wait; and Respond by adding a little more. The final
section of the manual answers frequently asked questions about facilitating
language with books and with play. Reproducible handouts for each
parent or staff training session are appended. The training manual
contains 36 references. The two 25-minute companion videotapes,
available in Spanish, Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Mandarin
with subtitles for speakers of Cantonese, and English with subtitles
for people with deafness and hearing impairments, provide specific
language building strategies that will enhance typical early childhood
classroom routines and parent-child interactions. Presenting videotaped
footage of young children and adults, the first videotape shows
how parents and teachers can facilitate children's language while
looking at picture books; the second focuses on language facilitation
during play. (KB)
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech; Child Language; Chinese; Early
Childhood Education; *Emergent Literacy; *English (Second Language);
Interaction; *Language Acquisition; Language Impairments; Language
Minorities; Parent Child Relationship; *Picture Books; *Play; Preschool
Children; Teacher Student Relationship; Teaching Methods; Verbal
Ability; *Verbal Development; Videotape Recordings
