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Bridging the Language Gap Using Bilingual Picture Books
There are more than 39 million Hispanics live in the United States making it the fifth largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world. It is estimated that within five years, only Mexico will have more Spanish-speakers than the U.S. Schools are offering bilingual courses and fully integrated bilingual curriculum. In some areas of the country , Spanish even exceeds English as the first language of the residents. Families are integrating languages into their neighborhoods regularly. We propose bridging the language gap with bilingual picture books that both educate and entertain. The presence of both English and Spanish in the same book allows cross-cultural access and language development. Reading is a wonderful family experience which allows children to explore character development, expanding imagination and develop problem solving skills. The addition of another language educates and the illustrations in a picture book support the learning in an entertaining way. Raven Tree Press offer bilingual books in a variety of styles and choices. Full text translation-Full text translation means the text of the story is presented in English and then again in Spanish. Both texts are generally placed on the page with an icon separating the two for ease of reading. A different ink color is also generally used to further offset the two languages. Embedded text-Take a story in English and sprinkle in a little Spanish. We call it embedded text. The word that will be embedded is usually first introduced in English and then reiterated in the sentence, or at least in the same paragraph in Spanish later. Once the word is introduced, it can be used again and again in context of the story. The context of the story and the illustrations are of utmost importance when using embedded text as they aid in making the leap from one language to another. Wordless-Can a wordless book be effective in learning language? Definitely! Wordless picture books and picture books with limited words are both beautiful and educational. They help children develop language, creative thinking and enhance future reading and writing skills. Using wordless picture books, children learn that reading follows a left-to-right pattern. They learn that stories generally have a beginning, a middle section and an ending. They also learn to identify details, see cause and effect, make judgements and draw conclusions. We present an instruction page in both English and Spanish for creative uses of our books. Concept Bilingual-In concept bilingual books, we take one concept of language and focus strictly on that. Counting, for example. The story is presented in English, but the concept (numbers in this case) are presented in both English and Spanish. Keywords are easily learned using this format. Raven Tree Press includes an English/Spanish vocabulary page to help readers with keywords in either language. Raven Tree Press children's bilingual picture books are available at favorite bookstores, online booksellers and at the publisher's web site www.raventreepress.com. Publisher Note: Book excerpts and artwork can be imbedded in this article easily to clarify points if interested. Please contact me for further details. Raven Tree Press is an independent book publisher specializing in bilingual picture books in English and Spanish. Contact: Raven Tree Press
MORE RESOURCES: Biting into foreign tongues Traditional foreign language classes have been stripped from Massachusetts elementary schools over the past decade, forced out by tight budgets and high-stakes testing. Yet, language immersion programs in the elementary schools have made some gains in some area communities, with Maynard planning to start its own program next year. Traditional elementary foreign ... Schools should keep detailed records of the languages spoken by ethnic minority pupils urges a report. An L.A. book fair demonstrates the power of Spanish to give a sense of meaning, history and beauty to the lives of those Angelenos who speak it. Deep inside my writerly brain, down where my earliest memories reside, there is a voice. It speaks to me in Spanish. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Workers whose jobs require them to interact with people in foreign countries say that English is the dominant language of business, according to a new poll. More than one quarter of employees in 26 countries around the world told an Ipsos poll that their jobs involve dealing with people in other countries. And of those, two-thirds said that English is the language they use ... With the fire chief’s limit of 180 people inside the council chambers, almost as many people occupied the foyer and waited their chance to get in, or watched Thursday’s Board of Education meeting on a live feed in two other rooms set up to hold the spillover crowd. Spanish-language television anchor and producer Frank Cairo faces grand theft charges after police in South Florida say he stole a patio chairs and carpet from a neighbor. Byron Fija, 42, has an identity crisis. Part of it is his looks. He's Japanese, born to a white American father and an Okinawan mother, a couple who never married, and he seems to take more after his dad. But it's when he speaks that people are really taken aback. A significant portion of books geared toward teens contain curse words strong enough to earn a movie an R rating, new research finds. English language learners gathered at the Lincoln Community Center in Mankato Thursday to show what they’ve learned in the past eight weeks. To introduce and promote bilingualism for children, Language Advantage is giving away a NO COST five week foreign language program to qualified child development, daycares and schools in Maryland.Annapolis, MD (PRWEB) May 16, 2012 To introduce and promote bilingualism for children, Language Advantage is giving away a NO COST, five week foreign language program to qualified child development ...
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