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QUESTION…
I work in a school nursery where I am key person to a boy and girl who have English as an additional language. They are both three years old and have been at the nursery for six months.
The girl’s parents are Indian and she speaks Gujarati at home and English at nursery. She seems to understand instructions, nursery routines and speaks two- and three-word sentences, though she often mixes Gujarati and English. Her parents say that at home she understands everything they say to her and speaks well for her age.
The boy’s parents are Polish and do not speak a lot of English. He is very quiet at nursery and often seems lost when I try to talk to him. From what I have understood from his mother, he does not speak much at home or follow simple instructions such as ‘get your shoes’.
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