Bilingualism and home language use presentation.

1. Bilingualism and
Home Language Use
April Wells
SEI/503 – Advanced Structured English Immersion Methods
Professor Susana Turowski
June 13, 2016

2. Introduction
This presentation will help explain bilingualism and home language
use. There has been an influx of students at our school that speaks not
only English, but other languages as well. These students are considered
as being bilingual because they are able to speak two languages. The
presentation will focus on:
• Sociocultural aspects of bilingual students
• Cultural impacts of bilingualism and home language use
• Strategies and resources for cultivating home and school
partnerships
• Evaluating the effectiveness of home and school partnerships
• The role of leadership in cultivating a positive home and school
partnership of ELL students

3. Sociocultural Aspects for Bilingual Students in
the Classroom
Sociocultural means that social and cultural factors are
combined.
• Teaching styles used
• Dialect
• Students’ family values
• Economic status
• Native language
• Religious beliefs
• Culture
• Classroom support
• Societal perceptions
• Cognitive, economic, and
literary advantage

4. Cultural Impact of Bilingualism and Home
Language Use
Combining bilingualism education with home language use is beneficial to
the overall academic success of English language learners. Educational
programs that systematically incorporates the use of English language
learner’s home language results in levels of achievement in literacy and
other academic subjects (Genesee, et al., 2010).
Cultural impacts include:
• Encourages students to see connections between their languages and
better understand how languages are structured and organized.
• Can be used as phonological and metalinguistic awareness exercises to
facilitate reading acquisition.
• Students are able to speak their native at home and English at school.

5. Strategies and Resources for Cultivating
Home and School Partnerships
Having a partnership between teachers at school and parents at home can
be very beneficial for English language learners. Having parents involved
in their child’s education can really impact how much and how well
they can learn and succeed.
Strategies and Resources
• Teachers should maintain open communication with parents
- Daily Folders
- Weekly newsletters
• Bilingual parent workshops
• Invite parents to visit the classroom
• Access to libraries and other needed resources
• National Coalition for Parental Involvement in Education:
http://www.ncpie.org

6. Strategies for Evaluating the Effectiveness of
the Home and School Partnerships
• Perform ongoing evaluations
• Send parent surveys home
-Rate teachers performance and
communication skills
-Provide information on where
more support may be needed
• Hold parent/teacher conferences
• Track students performance and
all interactions from parents
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7. The Role of Leadership in Cultivating a Positive
Home and School Partnership of ELL Students
• Learn about the ELL population
• Integrate cultural traditions of ELL families
in classroom throughout the school
community
• Create a welcoming environment for
families
• Make a personal connection with families
• Encourage native language use at home
• Encourage staff members by providing
examples and resources on cultivating
partnerships
• Offer guidance and tools
Teachers must take on
many leadership roles in
order to support the success
of English language
learners One important role
that ESL teachers play in
their school is leading
professional development
for their colleagues,
including classroom
teachers, administrators,
and content-area teachers
(Gonzalez, et al., 2006).

8. References
• Genesee, F., Paradis, J., & Crago, D. (2010). Dual language
development and disorders: A handbook on bilingualism and
second language learning (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Brooks
Publishing.
• Gonzalez, V., Yawkey, T.D., & Minaya-Rowe, L. (2006). English-as-
a-second-language classroom applications for students’ academic
achievement and development. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn &
Bacon