Nursery World - Bilingual children: So to speak

Be aware of the steps you can take to help children whose first language is not English settle in at nursery, writes Penny Tassoni

Be aware of the steps you can take to help children whose first language is not English settle in at nursery, writes Penny Tassoni

Rarely a year goes by without some politician bemoaning the fact that the English do not speak other languages well. This is not quite the reality though, as many young children in our nurseries and schools are actually bi-lingual and in some cases multi-lingual because English is not their home language. Many practitioners worry about how best to support these children, so understanding a little about how we learn more than one language at a time can be useful.

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