Educators+of+Adolescent+Bilingual+Readers

= What are the areas educator needs to focus to support a Bilingual Reader? = = Bilingual adolescent readers have developed reading skills, yet reading is an ongoing learning process not only for bilingual learners but for all adolescent readers. A bilingual learner is a child who has developed his first language who is developing academic knowledge, and at the same time is developing a second language. In this developmental stage is necessary to realize some of the following facts: =
 * =The student comes to school already with a language and knowledge about that language. Educators do not need to teach the meaning of words (from a second language). =


 * =Students negotiate meaning according to their understanding. Not every reader interprets the text in one way. Each student and each reader interprets according to thier prior knowledge. =


 * ** Bilingual learners develop reading fluency skills with vocabulary that is high frequency used, which is different from academic vocabulary. **