Course Details

CHD102: Dual Language Learning in the Early Childhood Environment

Course ID 70513

ChildCare Education Institute

(800) 499-9907

Description

This course provides early childhood professionals with strategies and tools for helping young children develop language and early literacy skills in English as well as the children’s home language. Participants will learn the benefits of dual language learning for young children along with key strategies for increasing family engagement and promoting rich, dual language development in the classroom.

2.00 Hours / 0.20 CEUs

Course Level

Formal

CEU Course

Course Category

Early Childhood

Formal Approved

(1 Hour)

CDA Content Areas

Principles of child development and learning (2 Hours)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Infant and Toddler

Head Start/Early Head Start

Infants (0-12 months)

Toddlers (13-24 months)

Two's (25-36 months)

Preschooler 3's (37-48 months)

Preschool 4's and 5's (49-72 months)

Goals and Objectives

• Define native English speaker and non-native English speaker
• Identify the goals and benefits of dual language education
• Define the "window of opportunity” for language learning
• Identify possible barriers to success in dual language education
• Identify the purpose of cultural responsiveness in the dual language environment
• Identify characteristics of effective, appropriate staff members in the dual language environment
• Identify effective classroom practices and activities for dual language learning
• Identify strategies for promoting the use of a child’s home language
• Define buttressing and other language teaching strategies

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