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Learning to read in home languages
Learning to read in home languages Developing literacy skills in the home language is vital for multilingual children. It helps them to sustain communications with family members, belonging to cultural/linguistic communities, participation in varied cultural traditions/practices, and being able to cultivate a fuller sense of their multiple identities1. Yet, in many countries, the development of…
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Multilingual books in the classroom? Yes, please!
Multilingual books in the classroom? Yes, please! Developing proficiencies in multiple languages and being allowed to actively use them is crucial for multilingual children’s wellbeing and sense of belonging1. Multilingual books are tools to reach these goals and more by offering incredibly rich, inclusive learning experiences for everyone in the classroom2. In this blogpost, we…
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Multilingual pedagogies in mainstream classrooms: Responses to some common dilemmas
Multilingual pedagogies in mainstream classrooms: Responses to some common dilemmas Today, multilingualism is an everyday feature of many classrooms. Students may learn foreign languages at school, or bring their home languages to school. Some students speak the language of schooling, others are yet in the process of learning it. All these different individual situations of…
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The role of schools in family multilingualism
The role of schools in family multilingualism Today many children grow up in multilingual families where they use two or more languages on an everyday basis. Families create their own family multilingualism. It involves explicit and implicit processes at home by family members that shape language and literacy use, language learning, maintenance and loss[i]. Family…
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About the Co-Lingual-S blog
This blog is dedicated to disseminating scientific knowledge about multilingualism. It specifically writes about themes that are related to multilingualism at home and school, and the links between the two. The blog pieces are based on scientific literature reviews and/or outcomes of a scientific project on the topic. Do you want to write a piece…
Stories of multilingualism: Connecting families and schools through visual narratives