Finding World Language Materials in the ERC

• Illustrations provide picture clues
• Show written words in other languages
• Read alouds provides text, gestures, and expression
• Natural & academic language exposure
• Identify cognates
• Vocabulary presented in context
• Integrate language skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening)
• Reading self-efficacy
• Understand grammar rules
• Provides cultural knowledge
• Figurative & literal  language understanding
• Parents can read the same book at home in their native language

Bilingual Books: Books that have two languages in the same book

World Language Books: Books solely written in a particular language

Translated Books: Books that are originally in one language then translated to another language

Bilingual Book
Source: Waiting For Mama byT'ae-jun Yi 
written in Korean & English

World Language Book
Source: Bon appetit, Monsieur Lapin!
written in French

Example of a Translated Book
Source: Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban
translated into Spanish

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development: Newfoundland Labrador, Canada
Using Children's Literature with ESL Students
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/esl/literature_esl.pdf

Fluent U: Learning a Language by Reading Books
http://www.fluentu.com/blog/learning-a-language-by-reading-books/

New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of  Other Languages/New Jersey Bilingual Educators
10 Ways to Use Bilingual Books with Children
http://njtesol-njbe.org/handouts11/MC_10_Ways_to_Use_Bilingual_Books.pdf