Bilingual pedagogy at Global Nexus: Vietnamese and English as tools for thinking
What liberal-arts bilingualism means in a Global Nexus classroom: why both languages serve thinking, how the day is planned, and what teachers avoid.
Bilingual pedagogy
How Vietnamese and English are used side by side as tools for thinking: simultaneous bilingualism, translanguaging, why no flashcard drills, keeping Vietnamese as the anchor, and what the research says.
Language allocation in a bilingual preschool: person, time, activity or space?
Four ways to decide which language is used when in a bilingual preschool, their strengths and pitfalls, and how to turn the choice into a written policy.
Translanguaging in the early-years classroom: what it is and how teachers plan it
Translanguaging explained for preschool teachers: where the idea comes from, how it differs from code-switching, and planned strategies for bilingual rooms.
Keeping Vietnamese strong in a bilingual preschool: the anchor language in practice
Why a Vietnamese–English preschool protects Vietnamese as the anchor, what research says about transfer and loss, and daily practices that keep it rich.
The silent period in a second language: supporting children who are not yet speaking
Why many young children go quiet when meeting a new school language, the stages they move through, how teachers support them and when to look further.
Vocabulary without flashcards: how young bilingual children really learn new words
How preschoolers learn words through shared attention, repetition in real use and stories, and how teachers plan a theme vocabulary in two languages.
Dialogic reading in two languages: running bilingual story time in preschool
How dialogic reading works, the PEER sequence and CROWD prompts, choosing books for a Vietnamese–English class, and planning one story across two languages.
Teacher talk in a bilingual classroom: scaffolding, recasts and shared thinking
The talk moves that build language in two languages: scaffolding, recasts and expansions, open questions with wait time, and sustained shared thinking.
Songs, rhymes and routines as language scaffolds in a bilingual preschool
Why songs, rhymes and fingerplays help young children learn two languages, how Vietnamese dong dao and English rhymes differ, and how to build a repertoire.
Bilingual development from six months to six years: what teachers can expect
How bilingual language develops from infancy to age six, how simultaneous and sequential learners differ, and how a preschool adapts at each stage.
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