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4.2 Early immersion approach in pre-school education.............................................................. 62
4.3 Continuous multilingual development ............................................................................... 63
4.3.1 Multilingual language acquisition strategies ...................................................................................... 63
4.3.2 Importance of strengthening of the smaller state and regional & minority language ....................... 65
4.4 Conclusion and model continuous multilingual development ............................................... 66
5. Recommendations for materials and resources in pre-school .......................................68
5.1 Methodologies for pre-school teaching............................................................................... 68
5.1.1 Quality of language input .................................................................................................................. 69
5.1.2 Guidelines for pre-school practitioners .............................................................................................. 69
5.1.3 Children with different cultural and linguistic backgrounds .............................................................. 71
5.2 Results of implementing the MELT Guide into pre-schools ................................................... 72
5.2.1 Process of implementing the MELT Guide.......................................................................................... 72
5.2.2 Results of implementing the MELT Guide .......................................................................................... 72
5.3 Skills of training staff: mentors and practitioners ................................................................ 76
5.4 Exchanging good practices ................................................................................................ 77
5.5 Conclusion with regard to materials and resources in pre-school ......................................... 77
6. Recommendations and challenges ...............................................................................79
6.1 Multilingualism and language maintance ............................................................................ 79
6.2 Development of smaller state and regional & minority languages in education .................... 80
6.3 Multilingual Early Language Transmission in smaller state and regional & minority languages 81
6.4 Recommendations with respect to Early Language Learning and Multilingualism .................. 82
6.5 Challenges for the future ................................................................................................... 83
References .......................................................................................................................85
7. Annick De Houwer “Early bilingual development and the role of language input and
parents’ attitudes.” ..........................................................................................................91
8. Tina Hickey: “Immersion Preschooling in Ireland: Training Provision and Best Practice”
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9. Gunilla Holm “Education for daycare pedagogies at the bilingual Helsinki University.”
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Appendix A: Partnership of the MELT project ....................................................................... 121
Appendix B: MELT Project flyer…………………………………………………………………………………………123
Appendix C: MELT Awareness-raising guidance brochure for parents and Guide for
practitioners ……………………………………………………………………………………..................................127
Appendix D: MELT Final conference program 6-10-2011......................................................128
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