SazzJ Posted November 10, 2010 Posted November 10, 2010 Hi I have a child recently start our group. She is Arabic with no English - doing the usual picture cards ect with English but would be nice to have some Arabic words too only don't know where to start. Anyone help please???
Guest Posted November 10, 2010 Posted November 10, 2010 I know this might be like stating the obvious but have you asked the parents? Also our local Children's Information Service offers a translation service, might be worth checking if yours does?
Gezabel Posted November 10, 2010 Posted November 10, 2010 Hi I agree with asking the parents. We have a range of 'first languages' in our setting and have found this initial input from parents is invaluable. We obtained basic words from parents and I made a list for the wall with Arabic and English. I checked my pronunciation with the parents and spoke to the child with their home langueage word first followed by the English. The time we need to keep this list for varies from child to child. To date we have have no real difficulties with their receptive language (hand gestures with words have been a good strategy) but expressive language has taken longer. We have one child who now speaks in English and rarely uses any of the Arabic words and she joined us in September. Good luck
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