Learning First Language at Home and at School

 

 

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In this blog I want to tell about "Learning First Language at Home and School"


What is the first language?

A first language is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period, or that a person speaks the best and so is often the basis for sociolinguistic identity. In some countries, the terms native language or mother tongue refer to the language of one's ethnic group rather than one's first language. Sometimes, there can be more than one mother tongue,. Those children are usually called bilingual. By contrast, a second language is any language that one speaks other than one's first language.


Home Language

A home language is a language (or the variety of a language) that is most commonly spoken by the members of a family for everyday interactions at home. Also called the family language or the language of the home.

According to research studies examined by Kate Menken, bilingual children "who are able to develop and maintain their home languages in school through bilingual education are likely to outperform their counterparts in English-only programs and experience greater academic success" ("[Dis]Citizenship or Opportunity?" in Language Policies and [Dis]Citizenship, 2013).


You should speak, read and write with your child as much as you can in your home language and in different situations, including :
*singing, chatting, playing number games and reading to your child in your language
* speaking your language during family outings and celebrations
* speaking to your child in your home language even if your child responds to you in English - children can hear differences between languages.

A. Why is home language important?

The language you speak with your children is the first language they will learn. It is their first connection to you, to the rest of their family, and to their culture and community. It is the language they first use to learn about the world around them. It is the language that helps them get “set for life” – and you are a central part of that process! This is one of the many ways parents are their children’s first teachers. 

B. What are the benefits of using your home language? 

Using your home language connects your children to your family. It also provides a connection to your important cultural traditions, and to friends and neighbours who speak the same language. Using your home language allows you to teach your children, and to learn new things together. You can talk about new experiences and words; you can practice letters and numbers. All of these things are an important part of your children’s early learning – and it will be easier and more fun for you if you do it in your most comfortable language.

C. What can I do at home? 

• Tell stories and read to your children in your home language. 

• Share rhymes, chants, songs, and poems you learned as a child. 

• Look for fun activities happening in your language, such as story time at your local library, local festivals and cultural events. 

• Look for bilingual books, wordless books, or books in your home language at your nearest public library. 

D. Stories in two languages 

One of the best things you can do is to read with your child in the home language. Your nearest public library may have story books for children which have dual language text in English plus your home language. Your child’s school may also have some of these


School Language

Academic language is defined in general as the language that is used in schools that helps students acquire many systematic form of rule on context to use in a formative knowledge.

Academic language is the language needed by students to do the work in schools. It includes, for example, discipline-specific vocabulary, grammar and punctuation, and applications of rhetorical conventions and devices that are typical for a content area (e.g., essays, lab reports, discussions of a controversial issue.) One of your goals for the learning segment should be to further develop your students’ academic language abilities. This means that your learning objectives should focus on language as well as on content. You can and should communicate content through means other than language, e.g., physical models, visuals, demonstrations. However, you should also develop your students’ abilities to produce and understand oral and written texts typical in your subject area as well as to engage in language-based tasks.





References :

https://www.definitions.net/definition/first+language 

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-home-language-1690930

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/languages/manage/Pages/speakyourlanguage.aspx

https://www.csun.edu/science/ref/language/pact-academic-language.html



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