Language Acquisition

Helping a student learn a new language is an exciting opportunity to provide students with skills that may make a huge difference in their future, as well as the future of their families. While there are key strategies and ideas that can make teaching a new language more successful, educators do not have to have a major in linguistics to make an important difference in their students' education! This section provides an overview of how language acquisition works and also explains the role of students' home languages in their learning.