Guidelines

There are many ways in which you can help your child acquire and develop language and academic skills.

1. Take your child to the local library, where he/she can access the internet, engage in learning activities and read/borrow books.
2. Give your child a book as a present.
3. Encourage your child to write the shopping list and collaborate in going out shopping when the occasion presents itself.
4. Get your child to read aloud from all print around us such as milk cartons, cereal boxes, road signs, etc. This way you are both learning the language and culture of the host country.
5. Encourage your child to listen to the television and radio and to write postcards, birthday cards, a diary, etc

There are also more institutional ways to help your child if she/he has learning difficulties:

1. You may talk to the class teacher about it.
2. Accept the teacher’s suggestions for your child to meet a counsellor or a social worker when it is suggested to you.
3. You may ask to benefit from several school initiatives, such as mentoring, private tuition, re-schooling, counsellors, mediation services, intercultural mediators, etc.
4. Re-schooling or help in the open environment is a partnership between your child, you and the school that you will have to become engaged in and honour.