When we use words to communicate, we follow rules that govern how we put those words together. Children acquire these rules very early in their development by listening and talking with others. The English language learner is doing the same thing in his/her home language. However, when learning a new language, it is hard sometimes to understand and apply these rules in that language. A specific group of words that is difficult to learn for an English language learner includes directional words like “on,” “in,” “over,” and “under.” For an English language learner, these can complicate their understanding of what you are asking them to do. It is important that we know this and spend some time teaching these concepts/words. Dr. Argüelles talks about how we can do this in the next clip.
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KEY
POINT: Help children learn the structure of language after comprehension
has been achieved.
