How can we ensure qua\u00adlity lan\u00adguage edu\u00adca\u00adtion for all child\u00adren? This ques\u00adtion is at the heart of the cur\u00adrent debate over the plan\u00adned ABC clas\u00adses and man\u00adda\u00adtory lan\u00adguage scree\u00adnings in North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia. Experts agree that child\u00adren must receive early and opti\u00admal sup\u00adport in their lan\u00adguage deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. Howe\u00adver, there is dis\u00adagree\u00adment over which mea\u00adsu\u00adres are appro\u00adpriate for this purpose. <\/p>\n\n
As part of the writ\u00adten hea\u00adring con\u00adduc\u00adted by the Com\u00admit\u00adtee on Schools and Edu\u00adca\u00adtion and the Com\u00admit\u00adtee on Family, Child\u00adren, and Youth of the North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia State Par\u00adlia\u00adment, Dr. Sey\u00adran Bos\u00adtanc\u0131 pro\u00advi\u00added an expert assess\u00adment on behalf of GeDAB. <\/p>\n\n
In her state\u00adment, Dr. Sey\u00adran Bos\u00adtanc\u0131 makes it clear that lan\u00adguage deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment is an indi\u00advi\u00addual pro\u00adcess that is most effec\u00adtively sup\u00adported when it is con\u00adti\u00adnuously moni\u00adto\u00adred and gui\u00added within the edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal pro\u00adces\u00adses inte\u00adgra\u00adted into the daily rou\u00adtine of the child care cen\u00adter, rather than through one-off test\u00ading pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adres or segre\u00adga\u00adted sup\u00adport arran\u00adge\u00adments. At the same time, she points out that there is as yet no con\u00advin\u00adcing sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic evi\u00addence of the effec\u00adti\u00adve\u00adness of addi\u00adtive and segre\u00adga\u00adted lan\u00adguage sup\u00adport mea\u00adsu\u00adres, such as those plan\u00adned for the ABC clas\u00adses. Mul\u00adti\u00adl\u00adin\u00adgual deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries, in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar, run the risk of being eva\u00adlua\u00adted based on mono\u00adlin\u00adgual norms. This crea\u00adtes the risk of inter\u00adpre\u00adting lin\u00adgu\u00adi\u00adstic dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adces as defi\u00adcits and of sel\u00adec\u00adting child\u00adren even before they enter school. <\/p>\n\n
The state\u00adment com\u00adbi\u00adnes this cri\u00adti\u00adcism with con\u00adcrete pro\u00adpo\u00adsals for action. Ins\u00adtead of addi\u00adtio\u00adnal lan\u00adguage scree\u00adnings and segre\u00adga\u00adted sup\u00adport struc\u00adtures, it advo\u00adca\u00adtes for a con\u00adsis\u00adtent streng\u00adthening of early child\u00adhood edu\u00adca\u00adtion. The focus is on high-qua\u00adlity lan\u00adguage edu\u00adca\u00adtion inte\u00adgra\u00adted into daily life, the con\u00adti\u00adnuous obser\u00adva\u00adtion and sup\u00adport of lan\u00adguage deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment pro\u00adces\u00adses, and mul\u00adti\u00adl\u00adin\u00adgua\u00adlism-sen\u00adsi\u00adtive edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal approa\u00adches that build on the children\u2019s exis\u00adting resour\u00adces. Cru\u00adcial to this are good frame\u00adwork con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons in child care cen\u00adters: suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent time and pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment for edu\u00adca\u00adtors, a lin\u00adgu\u00adi\u00adsti\u00adcally sti\u00admu\u00adla\u00adting lear\u00adning envi\u00adron\u00adment, and close col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion bet\u00adween child care cen\u00adters and ele\u00admen\u00adtary schools. In this way, lan\u00adguage edu\u00adca\u00adtion can suc\u00adceed where child\u00adren pri\u00adma\u00adrily acquire lan\u00adguage: through diverse dia\u00adlo\u00adgic inter\u00adac\u00adtions in ever\u00ady\u00adday edu\u00adca\u00adtio\u00adnal settings. <\/p>\n\n
Dr. Sey\u00adran Bos\u00adtanc\u0131\u2019s full state\u00adment can be read here:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n