Why are the borders color-coded for transferability on the Spanish Sound Spelling Card Set?
The foundations of effective transferability, and bilingualism, should begin from the beginning of instruction, even before specific elements of English, or transferability, are directly instructed. In the first instructional moments in all models of bilingual education, educators need to help their students develop “an ear and an eye” for English. There is current reliable research that clearly demonstrates the positive and lasting impact of early phonological awareness instruction in BOTH English and Spanish for Spanish speaking English Learners. Students in bilingual programs should have consistent and comprehensive instruction and practice with hearing, identifying and reproducing the sounds of both languages. Teachers also need to set the foundation for bilingualism by directing students attention to the similarities and differences between the two languages. At the early stages of instruction, simply pointing out that the green border is a signal, akin to a traffic light, that te
