-English + Spanish explanation of Final Consonant Deletion.
-Spanish final consonant development norms
-Spanish + English Flashcards of words with each shared final consonant (Color and B/W)
Tables adapted from: Baron A, Bedore LM, Peña ED, Lovgren-Uribe SD, López AA, Villagran E. Production of Spanish Grammatical Forms in U.S. Bilingual Children. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2018 Aug 6;27(3):975-987. doi: 10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0074. PMID: 29801102; PMCID: PMC6195028.
This 10 page booklet is a result of a multidisciplinary collaboration.
It includes: Definition of Silent Period, Normal Second Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes, Later Talkers, Selective Mutism, Guiding Questions and Tips to determine root of communication difficulties, Common Misconceptions Chart, Citations.
(Certificate of Completion provided: Earn 0.5 PDF - 0.5 Professional Development Hours)
Este documento explica métodos increíblemente FÁCILES y comprobados que ayudan a los niños bilingües a conservar y a responder en el idioma meta.
Si pudiera hacer que todos los educadores conocieran estos tips para que pudieran explicar a los padres de los niños bilingües cómo utilizarlas en casa, esto realmente ayudaría a promover las lenguas de herencia y a trabajar para prevenir la "pérdida de la primera lengua.
This 33 page journal is a perfect way for caregivers to track and monitor multilingual speech and language development, as well as, journal the funny and beautiful things a child says to have as a keepsake! Keep it all in one place with the Bilingual Communication Journal. Designed from birth through 36 months. You will be able to download a PDF to print at home or you can order the journal to be printed and bound.
These are data proven, yet incredibly EASY, ways to help bilingual children retain their home language and respond in it.
If I could have every educator know about these so they could encourage the parents of emerging bilinguals to use them at home - this would truly help promote heritage languages and work toward preventing "first language loss/language attrition."
In this 46 pg. PDF created by a Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist, you will find 10 common myths and misunderstandings explained in the digestible way but with scientific references. The 10 myths are displayed in a visually appealing way in BOTH English and Spanish.
