Our children are growing up in a country where the dominant language (Russian) is different than that which we speak at home (English). Our 4-yr old is conversant in both languages, and we are now at home learning letters and sounds (Eng). She will be attending preschool and will be learning the same in Russian. I have been told, however, that we should focus on reading skills in her dominant language, and then, only when she understands the process of reading, add the Russian. Your experiences, opinions, please? Is it really more likely that she will have trouble decoding if she is exposed to two (at some points similar) alphabets simultaneously?
2006-09-04
04:10:44
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irvin
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