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Hello,
Can anybody tell me about theory of mind in bilingual children?
Thanks for any explanations or links to where I can read about it.
Eliza.

I think dodging and deceiving is the way forward! :wink: The lesson time should be alright (I hope) They say when I go to the school Ithe fifty minutes includes greeting all the children and if they haven't finished their morning fruit time that I join in with them as a group and then when we're rea...

The ban on ABC is both written and spoken. Noone else is teaching them the letters as I will be their only English teacher. I get 50minutes twicw a week with each group. Luckily there'll be only UP TO 12 kids in each group not 25 like you seem to think Roger!! The people who have arranged the progra...

Thankyou both for sharing your experiences with me. I've been told there won't be an assistant in with me except for when there are children with physical disabilities or a boy with a type of autism. I'm glad they'll be there then and I'll have to manage the other groups myself -I should manage this...

Thanks! I just had a look and the replies were quite useful -noone mentions the using only English method with such young kids though and that's the bit I'm most interested in. Do you think that saying the odd phase such as "quiet now" in their language can help or harm? What if I choose the English...

Hello there! As from October I'll be teaching groups of about 12 Italian five-year-olds, I'd like to hear any comments/opinions on the following: 1) Is it ok to use Italian in my lessons and not just English? I think it's probably best not to use Italian, in order to encourage communication and not ...