She is in year 5 (9 & 10 yr olds) and I teach her for literacy. There are no other Kurdish speakers in the school. I have access to laptops and the internet in my classroom. Are there any translation sites or any downloadable software available to help?
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She will need to learn English quickly, and the way to do it is to speak and model at the same time. She'll learn like an infant does, getting a general idea of overall meaning first, then noun and verb word meanings, and finally grammar and detail. Use lots of visuals/pictures to support content-area vocabulary and basic facts, and model, model, model. Wait patiently during her first attempts at speaking English, then repeat her statements back correctly with a big smile and upbeat voice to let her know she's on the right track. Consistency and patience are key!
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The school has a speech therapist.  My daughter has a language disability and takes speech therapy at school.  It is free of charge and they are trained professionals that can help you.  The school must test and provide this to you under the "no child left behind act".  Don't let this bother you.  No 2 people are the same.  We all talk different, look different and learn different.  The people that treat you as if you are of lower intelligence ..well lets just say that is there disability.  Stand up for yourself and show them what you know when they try to give you extra help.  Show them you are not afraid and how smart you are.
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Let her use the language in a communicative way since the start, this encourages them to continue with their learning process because they feel they are actually learning something and they will be proud of sharing what they learned with their family later.  Depending on her decision as to why learn English and her actual level devise a short conversation, pick out some words you can introduce as vocabulary before you teach it to her; have her repeat the conversation after you a couple of times and then take turns being one of the persons in the conversation.  When she gets confident enough have her substitute some of the information with her own examples or add to this conversation by providing more details.  You can pick out a grammatical point from the same conversation, for example "pronouns" and do some more exercises based on that.
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i have experienced these kind of children in my teaching career...these children r perfectly okay, they just need more attention. i think u should let ur child to copy the words from the book and write them down 10 times...maybe when u dictate she doesn't understand the word...maybe the teacher pronounces the words in a different way. maybe ur and her teachers accent is different. u should make her habit of reading the book herself and aloud. see how she pronounces the words. You can show her programmes on tv...show her cd's of sesame street.
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Hi..i think you should find out what she intrested in, books, movies etc. Then when you see her in the hallway or at lunch just casually find some common ground about that intrest, if shes intrested in books than give/lend her a book that you liked when you were her age--dont forget to tell her that!\n\nif that doesnt work, trying playing with her and her friends something, jumprope or on the swings. Some kids arent comfortable talking to adults especially when its their teachers. So the key is not to be just a teacher, but a friend as well. \n\nhope that helped!\ngood luck!
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Try this on for size...Whisper this sentence into one of the kids ear. "My father told my brother that his monkey was digging in the back yard". Now have this student whisper the same sentence to the student next to them and so on until it reaches the last student. Have that student then tell you what he was told. You will be surprised at the answer you get. This works really well with kids age 10 to 15.
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Well, ur explanation is even more confusing than ur question.\nIf u want 2 teacher-bash, maybe u shd go back 2 YOUR school.\nAs 4 the next 2 answerers, I specifically mentioned, "in my country"\nIs it true that ppl in USA do not know that a world exists beyond east coast & west coast?\n=============================================================\nUr question is very confusing.\nAnyways, i'll like to tell u something.\nIn very youg age, in primary school, A CHILD SHOULD NOT BE FAILING.\nThe problem is either\n- Teacher DOES NOT teach\n- child DOES NOT UNDERSTAND the language of teaching *at all*\n- Mother is illiterate (yes, this is a valid & sadly, a common reason)\n- Child truly has a LEARNING DISORDER\nUnfortunately (In India) we do not have a good support system at all, & niether making the child repeat, nor promoting with grace helps, as in all the above cases, special attention is needed.\nPlz take ur case vey seriously.\nWhich country r u in?
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Go online and look for Plimsuer, or Rosetta Stone.  Those sites helped me, good luck!
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Suggest that you can help them with their school work and keep it to one hour each week.  Spend half an hour helping them with the grammar on their papers and to make them more understandable.  Spend the other half hour conversing in Japanese or doing some exercizes in a book.\n\nYou need to keep it to an hour to avoid taking up too much of their time so they will continue to do it.  \n\nWhy did she tell you she's working on midterms?  Most schools in the US are just about to finish their semesters.  Where are you?
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This depends on who your audience is.  Are you preparing a unit for all Spanish-speakers.  With respect, if you do not speak Spanish, you are the wrong person to prepare this unit! If you don't speak Spanish, this will be difficult.  You would need a Spanish speaker to help, as on-line translators and simply paging through a dictionary will almost always get you incomprehensible language.  Please delegate this task to a Spanish-speaking teacher.\nIf you are teaching ELL (English Language Learners), you can probably find the same kind of high-interest, low reading level materials that is written for students with learning disabilities. Textbook companies have prepared materials for commonly taught subjects (social studies, science).  Contact the publishers for sample materials. \nAre you preparing a unit for English speakers but want to differentiate for Spanish speakers? Using many more visuals, Spanish vocabulary for concrete nouns (which can be more reliably found in bi-lingual dictionaries), speaking more slowly, asking a more fluent bi-lingual student are all methods that can help you differentiate for the English language learners (as well as your students who have learning disabilities).\n\nI am sorry not to be of more specific help, but I would really have to know for whom you are preparing the unit to be of real assistance.\n\nThank you for more information. I suggest you log onto FL teach www.cortland.edu/flteach and ask the language teachers online. You can browse the archives without joining the list, which is an extremely active list with many Spanish teachers online.
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Maybe choose a simple folk song with a translation. But certainly, I do like your idea of focusing on the musical instruments. You can show them one particular instrument, let them listen to what it sounds like, and listen for that sound in a song.\n\nA traditional dance might be a good idea too. And then there are Afghan children's songs.
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As a former teacher trainer in Asia,\n\nGotta set up a routine for you lesson. Let's say you have young ones, start with a song/chant, and then into your "grammar/language" lesson (the crappy books they give you to follow). Seatwork (appropriate for the level). Then end it off with a story. You can ask simple questions for the story, "Find something red. What page was the boy eating the ice cream?" Always good to add a few language games into your lesson. One simple game is for two students with swatters to hit the correct vocab card. Plain, but better than repeating the words. You can make up a whole bunch of language games. Try bingo, but with pics of vocab. Play Simon Says.\n\nI find when I was teachign ESL, my greatest problem and my teachers' greatest problem was the lack of resources. Here is a site: http://www.readinga-z.com/\n\nBuy a $50 yearly member ship and download the books. Get your school to pay for you. This will provide you with 100s of reading activities for ALL levels!
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I don't know of DVDs, but you might want to check out Rosetta Stone software.  It's very photo-based and includes pronunciation, so it would work well for even young children, but you'd have to lead them through it.
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Check into the book Reading Reflex. A child needs to have a strong ability to decode the words before being able to understand what s/he's reading.\n\nIf I'm understanding you, she needs more practice in blending sounds together? You can just play games on the side to encourage the blending of sounds together. Example: "I'm thinking of a word with the sounds /k/ /a/ /t/ [say the sounds, not the letter names]. Can you guess what the word is?" The above book has different activities and things to help.
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My daughter would love to help but I'm afraid she lives in Essex so it's a bit far to commute for lessons. However, on that basis I would have thought you may well get a response from someone a little more local to you. Few people that know B.S.L. advertise their services as a tutor as there is not the demand and most  of the hearing B.S.L users look for employment as interpreters. Keep posting and, with a little luck, the right person may read this.\nHave you tried posting this in Special Education?\nGood luck.
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sear&#92;ch for it on the web i bet sadlier oxford has a website with training materials. anyway i bet your library does too normally libraries carry all highschool books nearby. also just print all the words n a 2 word def in sixe four font, earned myself a 100% on my junior vocab final
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If you are not fluent, it is probable that your daughter will end up learning "spanglish" or a wrong kind of Spanish. \nOf course, she's a baby!\nNow, if you want to ease her hearing to the language, I think an easy solution would be to watch a Spanish TV station, Dora the Explorer, or a Spanish Radio station. \nThat would be a nice start, until she's old enough to attend a Spanish class.\n\nGoodluck!