Supporting Spanish Speakers’ Oral Language Across Their Day

• In Event: Roundtable Session II
  In Roundtable Session: Oral and Written Development in Young Multilingual Learners

Abstract

This paper shows research-based effective practices to enhance Spanish-speaking students’ performance in their later reading skills in the second language. Using effective practices, educators can incorporate oral language skills across phonological awareness, vocabulary knowledge, morphological awareness, and listening comprehension instruction. Therefore, this paper essentially explain what oral language is, what skills support oral language, and how these skills interconnect to support Spanish-speaking students when building English literacy skills.

Author

• Elisa Marcela Holcomb, University of Houston