Knowing the phonetic alphabet is important when helping students with this difficulty and how it is used to represent sounds. It is important because with out understanding the phonetic alphabet children will have an extremely difficult time with writing and reading. The phonetic alphabet represents the individual sounds in our language (Rowe & Levine, 2012).
Two language acquisition theories that could apply to this scenario are the Secondary Cognitive Plane and phonology.
The Second Cognitive Plane states that first and second language are stored in different parts of the brain. A child may retrieve information with his / her primary language to gain a deeper understanding of his / her second language comprehension. This could cause a problem because it would provide inaccurate information (Rowes & Levine, 2012).
Phonology acquisition is acquired by babies learning the sounds of their primary language. Individual languages have specific sounds that are learned at a young age. The older children become, the more difficult it can become to effectively learn phonics.
The types of questions I would ask to elicit ideas to help with my bilingual learners are...
- How do you motivate and encourage bilingual learners in your classroom?
- What strategies work best for you when teaching the phonetic alphabet to bilingual learners?
- What do you feel is most challenging when teaching bilingual learners?
References
Rowe, B. M. & Levine, D. P. (2012). A concise introduction to linguistics, (3rd Edition). Boston, MA: Pearson
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