Theme: Yet to be confirmed
Join us on Monday 29th November for our first Special interest Group meeting specifically for those who work in, or have an interest in Early Years!
Convener:
Sharon Bond
Theme: Key Issues for teachers working with bilingual children in the Early Years
Dr Rose Drury is an Early Years Education consultant and Honorary Associate at The Open University. She has over 20 years of experience working with undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students and with Early Years teachers working in multilingual settings. She is frequently asked to speak at conferences on supporting multilingualism in the Early Years because of her recognised expertise in the field and has published a highly respected book ‘Young bilingual learners at home and at School’ (Trentham).
As NALDIC EYSIG Convenor in the mid-1990s, Rose presents a reflective look at the key issues for teachers working with young bilingual children over the past 20 years. The central issues that underpin her talk are bilingual children’s use of first language(s) and learning of a new language in the early years of schooling. The advantages of growing up learning more than one language will be explored and strategies for fostering children’s bilingualism and supporting and assessing their learning of English. The main areas for future development will highlight the urgent need for NALDIC EYSIG to play an important role by contributing to the growing body of research into the education of young bilingual children and providing a forum for the discussion of professional issues.
If you want to join this meeting and/or future meetings, sign up here to become a member of the NALDIC Early Years SIG group.