Webinar “Supporting multilingual children’s literacy development in the home language”
When multilingual children go to school, they start reading and writing primarily in one language, the language of schooling. Parents may then wonder: How will children learn to read and write in their respective home languages? How to support this literacy development? And how to communicate with teachers about children’s multilingual literacy repertoires?
If you are interested in these questions, then this interactive webinar is for you! Organised by the Co-Lingual-S project (colinguals.com) and Brussels Childbirth Trust (bctbelgium.org), this event takes place online on the 19th September at 19:00, and is FREE to attend! Registration is required here: https://app.twizzit.com/go/Co-Lingual-S
Our speaker, dr. Nikolett Szelei (KU Leuven) will build her presentation on scientific literature in general, as well as her own study with multilingual families in Belgium. First, we will talk about some misconceptions parents may hear about multilingual language development. Then, we will focus on multilingual literacy development specifically. Finally, we will discuss how parents may navigate influences coming from schools when attempting to sustain home languages.