HELPFUL LINKS SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS

- HELPFUL LINKS SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS -

http://www.englishfirst.org/be/be90krashen.htm
Bilingual Education: Ninety Questions, Ninety Answers

http://www.cal.org/
CAL - Center for Applied Linguistics
Improving communication through better understanding of language and culture. Promotes and improves the teaching and learning of languages. Identifies and solves problems related to language and culture. Serves as a resource for information about language and culture and conducts research on issues related to language and culture.

www.cal.org/earlylang/benbi.htm
CAL - Center for Applied Linguistics
Benefits of Being Bilingual

http://www.kidsgrowth.com/resources/articledetail.cfm?id=1229
Language Development in Bilingual Children
Parents and Pediatricians should become more familiar with the normal bilingual language development and be able to identify abnormal language in a bilingual child.

http://iteslj.org/Articles/Rosenberg-Bilingual.html
Raising Bilingual Children
Raising kids to be successful in more than one language requires some careful planning...

http://www.brainconnection.com/topics/?main=fa/cognitive-bilingualism
The Cognitive Advantages of Balanced Bilingualism
Recent research has demonstrated that positive cognitive gains are associated with learning a second language in childhood

http://www.mctlc.org/newvisions/legscores.html
The Effect of Second Language Learning on Test Scores, Intelligence and Achievement

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li7lk12.htm
Second-Language Learning
Foertsch (1998) describes second-language learning as an important factor that influences how children learn to read:

http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/earlychild.html
Two or More Languages in Early Childhood:Some General Points & Practical Recommendations
Does it confuse children to learn two or more languages at once?

http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins/mother.htm
Bilingual Children's Mother Tongue: Why Is It Important for Education?