Author Question: The NAEYC position statement on linguistic and cultural diversity strongly recommends that young ... (Read 1503 times)

tfester · **on:** Sep 11, 2018

The NAEYC position statement on linguistic and cultural diversity strongly recommends that young children who are learning English as a second language
a. be taught in English only.
b. be taught in their primary language only, because preschoolers are too young to learn a second language.
c. must be encouraged to continue development in their primary language along with learning English.
d. should be taught English together with their parents.

Question 2

Exposing children to two languages from birth
a. means that children are learning two languages simultaneously.
b. does not lead to delays in speech or language development of young children.
c. may cause children to acquire vocabulary at a little slower rate.
d. All of these answers.