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Fast facts volume 2011 January
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The best time to learn a second language is as a child. During childhood, the brain is more receptive to language learning than at any other time in life. Aware that a second language can enrich their child's understanding of other cultures and bring future job opportunities in a world drawn ever closer by globalization, many parents today are motivated to raise their children bilingual. This book helps parents in both monolingual and multilingual...
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2007-2012.
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The Colorado English Language Assessment (CELA) is the language proficiency assessment used for classifying and monitoring the progress of Colorado English Language Learners (ELLs) in the acquisition of English. This assessment measures the competencies necessary for successful social and academic language use in four major modalities: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing - along a continuum of five proficiency levels.
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2008-2012.
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The purpose of this manual is to provide District and School Assessment Coordinators with instructions for securing and distributing CELApro test materials prior to test administration, collecting and organizing materials after testing is complete, and preparing materials for scoring.
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[2007]
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In a "A Kooky Spooky Halloween," the WordFriends get their share of scares the night before Halloween, when Pig sleepwalks and everyone thinks he's a ghost!
In "Sheep's Halloween Costume," Sheep is making herself a fairy costume for the big Halloween party, but what will she do when her WordFriends need pieces of her costume for their own use?
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"A lot of babies' first words were Dada. However, everything after that was Mama. Readers take a look from a baby's point of view as different animals try to teach their children that there are other words in addition to Mama for familiar objects and activities."--Publisher's description.
19) This is baby
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"Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC's The Tonight Show and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA and Everything Is Mama, returns with a book that teaches new babies the words for the various parts of their body -- This is Baby." -- Publisher's description.
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1994
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What is it about the human mind that accounts for the fact that we can speak and understand a language? Why can't other creatures do the same? And what does this tell us about the rest of human abilities? Recent dramatic discoveries in linguistics and psychology provide intriguing answers to these age-old mysteries. In this fascinating book, Ray Jackendoff emphasizes the grammatical commonalities across languages, both spoken and signed, and discusses...
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