Bilingual Glossary

An adult’s reading of a book to a child or group of children. A read-aloud includes back-and-forth talking about the story. If a book has a patterned (predictable) text, children enjoy “reading” along with the adult after the book has been read a few times.

Real-life objects that are used as visuals in language instruction. 

The process of receiving and understanding a message through language is called receptive language.

Words that students understand when used by others.