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Language Learning Through Pretend Play in Young Bilingual-Bicultural Children.

Yawkey, Thomas Daniels; Villarreal, Beatrice – 1979

Child care programs are ideal places to begin the mastery of both English and a native language. Language growth can be promoted through the use of pretend play. Pretend situations include storytelling, oral drills and poems, riddles and songs. In storytelling activities, it is essential that the adult model language for the children. The children…

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Early Childhood Education, Language Enrichment