Nadia, a first-grade child from Russia, is struggling with learning the alphabet in English (Latin-based) because the letters and sounds in her first language of Russian are so different (the Cyrillic alphabet is Greek-based). Which of the following strategies is likely to be most effective in improving Nadia's letter/sound identification?
a. Give her more alphabet worksheets in English and grade them each day.
b. Do environmental print activities, send home some alphabet cards in both languages for practice, and use simple bilingual books.
c. Bring the parents in for a meeting and tell them to find a Russian tutor.
d. Assign Nadia to a group with four peers who have Farsi, Tagalog, Portuguese, and Chinese as a first language.
B
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