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ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
120 | Speaking
1.0 Children use nonverbal and verbal strategies to communicate
with others.
Focus: Inquiry
Beginning Middle Later
1.6 Ask a variety of types
of questions (e.g.,
“what,” “why,” “how,”
“when,” and “where”)
in the home language
(as reported by
parents, teachers,
assistants, or others,
with the assistance
of an interpreter if
necessary.
Examples
• Asks in Mandarin Chinese,
(Can I go to play at auntie’s
house?) or
(Where
is the new toothbrush that you
bought with Daddy?), demonstrating
the use of a variety of
types of questions (as reported
by parents or others).
• While going on a neighborhood
walk, asks in Spanish,
“¿Adónde vamos, maestra?”
(Where are we going, teacher?)
or “¿Por qué? ¿Por qué tengo
que llevar mi chaqueta?”
(Why? Why do I have to bring
my jacket?) to a teacher who
understands the child’s home
language.
1.6 Begin to use “what”
and “why” questions
in English, sometimes
with errors.
Examples
• Asks, “Why no?” after hearing
a peer say, “I don’t want to go
to the playground.”
• Asks, “What you doing?” as he
approaches a group of children
playing in the sand box.
• Asks, “Why gone?” after noticing
that the teacher is out for
the day.
• Points to an item and asks,
“What’s that?”
1.6 Begin to use “what,”
“why,” “how,”
“when,” and “where”
questions in more
complete forms in
English, sometimes
with errors.
Examples
• Says, “Why you did that?” to
a peer who pours water from
a pitcher at the water table.
• Says, “And what is for that?”
pointing to a cement truck
while on a walk in the neighborhood.
• Says, “How do you do this?”
or “How do you make the
sun?” to a peer who is painting
at the easel next to him.
• Asks another child, “Where do
you put this?” while holding up
a pair of rain boots.
• Asks, “When do we go
home?” or “When mommy
coming?” toward the end of
the school day.
Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 1 • California Department of Education