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BRIDGING - KEYPOINTS 

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  • Bridging: strategy whereby children tie English words to concepts known in their first language.
  • When first learning a second language, children fall back on first language structures to communicate at a more complex level.
  • Learning to label known objects: one of the first ways children learn a second language.
  • Learning words and phrases in a second language is much easier when their meaning is understood.
  • Ease in acquiring meaning in the second language depends upon how Bridging is fostered in the classroom.

 
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