week three

Language  Development  Interview  

Possible  Interview  Questions    

 How  would  you  conduct  a  parent  meeting  with  a  language-­‐focused  agenda?      

 What  experience  do  you  have  working  with  children  with  communication   disorders?      

 There  are  many  approaches  for  working  with  children  learning  a  second   language.  Which  approach  do  you  believe  works  best?    

 What  language  developmental  stages  do  you  have  in  your  classroom?    How   do  you  support  the  development  of  these?    

 Explain  some  forms  of  language  assessment  that  you  use  with  children?    

 What  do  you  consider  your  strengths  in  supporting  language  development?   Your  weaknesses  in  supporting  language  development?      

 How  do  you  work  to  meet  the  language  goals  of  all  the  children  in  your  class   individually?    

 What  techniques  or  strategies  do  you  use  to  encourage  language   development?      

 How  might  you  instruct  a  child  whose  native  language  is  something  other   than  English.      

 What  features  of  your  physical  space  promote  language  development?    

 What  are  skills  that  your  class  in  working  to  develop  in  language?      

 How  would  you  partner  with  parents  to  encourage  their  support  in  the   development  of  language?      

 After  you  give  a  language  assessment  to  a  child,  what  are  your  next  steps  in   planning?