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Media Articles

_Most ESL research is pointing towards strengthening the home language. Here are a few articles that support this view:

October 2011
“Promising Practices" of Early Childhood Education for Immigrant and Refugee Children in British Columbia Practices
- Project development by Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC Prepared by: Maryam Nabavi, PhDc, Educational Studies, University of British Columbia

2010
"Educational equity for children from diverse language backgrounds:  Mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education in the early years" Summary, Jessica Ball, M.P.H., Ph.D. University of Victoria, Canada

Article and photo from Abbotsford Today (July 10, 2010) Education Feature: Early Literacy Program for Punjabi-Speaking Families A Hit
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Article from Vancouver Sun(February 20, 2009) Abbotsford school gets kudos in new book

Article and photo from Abbotsford Today (February 18, 2009)
Education: Harry Sayers School Profiled as Exemplary
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_Article with photo from Abby News (September 2010) Rapinder Rai prepares her classroom at Harry Sayers Elementary School. New all-day kindergarten classes begin across the province today (click link below to read)
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Article and photo from Abbotsford School District press release (June 21, 2010) Families Celebrate New Early Literacy Development
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Click here to read a few of the testimonials from Rapinder's workshops.
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