How do children develop proficiency in both languages?
a. Children With Weak First Language Proficiency and English Dominant Second Language Children with weak first language proficiency, have fewer resources from which to draw when learning the second language. English must become their dominant language for communication, thought and for completing academic work at school. Keeping both languages growing puts an enormous pressure on the student. The must develop new ideas and thoughts in the new L2 language that is still not fully under control. A L2 student requires a great deal of differentiated teaching and learning approaches. Teachers who know something about the first language proficiency level of the student in their classes can help the students deal with stress and challenges of acquiring a second language. First language teachers have to work closely with the regular sheltered classroom teachers. At Almadina the L1 and L2 teachers use the same planning and teaching tools. They are encouraged to work collaboratively and use commo
