1. ASL and English Language Development in Young Children Bobbie Jo Kite Christi Batamula Department of Education

2. Your Pathway to Language 1.Draw a representation of your own journey 2.Share this with your team 3.Make a poster sharing the similarities and difference of how you each acquired language (L1 and L2).

7. Language Development Checklists Review and Share Now Apply the Checklist…

8. ASL Videos Based on the checklist, how are these children developing language? Where are they on the checklist?

9. ASL in ECE at CSD, Fremont http://youtu.be/M61QGjPcTX4

10. Learning English in an ECE ASL-English Bilingual School http://youtube.com./watch?v=Z3llKtPpY90

11. Deaf Tree Folklore http://youtube.com./watch?v=PKtkW4b-fUY

14. Bilingual Children… have hearing parents have deaf parents have additional disabilities/challenges have cochlear implants are hard of hearing are culturally and linguistically diverse have diverse socio-economic backgrounds

15. Impacting Factors Child Family Community Language & Communication Technology

16. The Key is Access Access to language and communication Access to social emotional development Access to the curriculum

17. Family Language Plan How do families decide what language to use with their child? What are the benefits and risks of using multiple languages?

18. Resources http://vl2.gallaudet.edu/res earch/research-briefs/ http://vl2.gallaudet.edu/res earch/research-briefs/ http://vl2parentspackage.or g/ http://vl2parentspackage.or g/ And contact us: christi.batamula@gallaudet.edu bobbie.kite@gallaudet.edu