Parents roles:

• read to children
• talk and read to the children about their surrounding or books
• have regular story time
• let children read newspapers, magazines, books etc.
• do activities together and talk about it
• sing to or sing with the children
• surround children with opportunity to play with words
• encourage children to draw
• tell children family stories
• write to the children
• let the children see you write

Teachers’ roles:

• Teacher as a model
• Teacher as a provider
• Teacher as an interactor
• Teacher as balancer

How to work with children:

• Children need “envelop of language”
• Children must use language to learn it
• The most verbal chidlren tend to monopolize language interactions
• Adults should know the individual child
• Home language are to be invited into the classroom
• Dialect differences expand speech community
• Some children may have speech and language disorder
• The language of the teacher influences the classroom