Culturally Relevant Texts
4/1/2025 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
English as a second language students can practice by reading books about their culture.
For children who are learning English as their second language, it can be beneficial to read books that relate back to their culture. This method can also be useful for English-speaking children who want to learn another language.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.
Culturally Relevant Texts
4/1/2025 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
For children who are learning English as their second language, it can be beneficial to read books that relate back to their culture. This method can also be useful for English-speaking children who want to learn another language.
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- [Narrator] A great trick for children learning English as their second language is to start with books that are relevant to their culture.
These students are reading a book about being an immigrant.
(child speaks Spanish) (teacher speaks Spanish) - So that means goodbye, right?
And then corazon- - Heart.
Heart.
- Heart.
- [Narrator] Reading about relatable concepts helps develop understanding of set and structure and punctuation rules in English.
- You guys are all smart, everybody that's bilingual.
- And who's to say the bilingual fun can't flow both ways.
Native English-speaking children can explore learning a new language with translated additions of books they're already familiar with.
It's so fun to explore a new language.
Keep up all the good work.
- [Announcer] Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, helping build literary skills and encouraging parents and children to spend 20 minutes a day reading together.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Hays Foundation.