Handbucheinträge_ENGLISCH_alle_NEU

Observed support
The children like to join in. They show interest about learning songs in different languages. Like in
the situation described before, immigrant children have the opportunity to contribute something
and to get recognition from the other children and the nursery nurses, like, in this case, translating
each song, so that they can all learn to sing the song together. It is a great way to linguistically and
socially promote the childrens’ development. Of course, all this happens with the help of the
nursery nurses.
Advice for the practical implementation in German day care centres
Also in German nursery schools we could start to sing well-known and popular children's songs in
different languages. Immigrant children can help to translate the songs.
Situation 3
Description of the situation
In the reading corner of the preschoolers and also in the rooms of the toddlers there are some
foreign-language books, which the children can take anytime they want. These books are read
from time to time in the sitting rounds, if the children propose to read some of these books. If
there are questions, the nursery nurses make also sometimes initiate a talk round about the topic
of the book, the language in which it is written or the country of the language. The immigrant
children can translate the story of the book, if it is written in their own language and if they want
to do it.
Observed support
By reading and listenting to the books, the children learn new words of another language and often
they get interested to learn more about these languages. In doing so, the children be promoted
linguistically. Immigrant children often have the opportunity to translate the story, talk about their
own country or their language. That can again lead to recognition of the immigrant children, to a
great deal of fun when hearing their own language, or only to a feeling of pride because these
children may be the only ones who understood the story. In this way, the children are promoted
socially.
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