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Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Internship Engagement, Levi P. Johnson, Kai Zhuo, Kathy E. Johnson
Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Internship Engagement, Levi P. Johnson, Kai Zhuo, Kathy E. Johnson
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Best Our Husky Compact Reflection for "Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World".
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This project was orchestrated by Levi Johnson, a graduate intern for the Confucius Institute (CI) as part of the College Counseling and Student Development program, and Kai Zhou, a visiting scholar at the CI, to strengthen and enhance the experience of 12 student intern teachers from across China. They have been involved at several locations around Minnesota and North Dakota teaching Chinese exploratory language classes, Chinese as a second language, and Chinese immersion programs. The goal of this project was to promote the …
El Poder De Los Padres: Volunteering In A Multicultural Parent-Child Group That Supports Language Development And Literacy Skills, Olivia Musser, Connor P. Stark-Haws, Theresa Estrem
El Poder De Los Padres: Volunteering In A Multicultural Parent-Child Group That Supports Language Development And Literacy Skills, Olivia Musser, Connor P. Stark-Haws, Theresa Estrem
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Award for "Best Our Husky Compact Reflection" Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World."
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The Greater St. Cloud Area Multicultural Parent-Child Group (El Poder de los Padres) provides intensive intervention to parents and children in the greater St. Cloud area through weekly 2-hour sessions during the academic year. Sessions include songs, activities, and crafts that facilitate the development of language and literacy skills in preschool-aged children. In addition, there is a parent education component, in which parents discuss a relevant language and/or literacy topic each week. St. Cloud State University graduate students from the Communication Sciences …
The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role In Family-Centered Bilingual Pre-Literacy Development, Kaitlyn Gohman, Megan Unterberger, Theresa L. Estrem
The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role In Family-Centered Bilingual Pre-Literacy Development, Kaitlyn Gohman, Megan Unterberger, Theresa L. Estrem
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Award for "Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Seek and Apply Knowledge".
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Language development in bilingual children has been a debated topic among professionals and parents alike - deciphering whether it is a benefit or a hindrance to the child's language acquisition. It has been recently found that, "Learning another language will not cause or worsen speech or language problems. Bilingual children develop language skills just as other children do." (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association). Agreeing with this evidence-base, we are confident providing pre-literacy intervention in a language-rich bilingual environment. This project has allowed us to share our viewpoint with other educators …