Preschool English Learners Resource Guide:
Principles and Practices to Promote Language, Literacy and Learning
(California Department of Education, 2007)

The resource guide has been developed to support early care and education providers with resources to “understand the preschool English learner” (p. 2). The guide is based on a set of 8 core beliefs, such as “there is an important relationship between language, culture, and learning” or “acquiring oral language fluency in English is different from acquiring Academic English, the formal language of the school” (p.3). From the core beliefs, which are based on research evidence, principles and practices are offered. Ten principles and related implementation practices help teachers promote language, literacy and learning for preschool English learners.

The Preschool English Learners Resource Guide has been translated into Spanish and is available through CDE Press.

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To download the Faculty Initiative Project's Instructional Guide for the Preschool English Learners Resource Guide go to the Instructional Guides page.