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Multilingualism has grown to become a dominant feature of schooling across the world. What is the impact of this development on student learning? What practical steps can we take, so that teaching and learning gain the wide-ranging advantages of multilingualism?
Nov 1, 2023 · Language-teacher education programs should invest resources in helping student teachers respond to the profound influence that macro-contextual conditions have on language teaching so that they can become the kind of teachers they aspire to be in a multilingual world.
Mar 25, 2018 · The IPA of the interview data has highlighted a number of novel points regarding teacher perceptions of teaching MFL in multilingual settings that could be developed in subsequent research and could ultimately assist teachers and managers with the future implementation of primary MFL.
- Katy Finch, Anna Theakston, Ludovica Serratrice
- 2020
Sep 3, 2018 · Supporting multilingualism in the classroom can be a valuable pedagogical practice with positive effects on students’ academic performance, as well as social and emotional well-being.
Teaching practices that tap into multilingual ways of reading, writing and speaking allow students to access the cultural resources that enhance the personal significance of their classroom work, as well as expanding access to knowledge through texts in more than one language.
Sep 1, 2023 · With increased linguistic diversity in schools, it is paramount that initial teacher education and training (ITET) develops linguistically responsive teachers who can confidently work in the complex language ecologies characterising today’s multilingual classrooms.
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Aug 7, 2022 · To help language teachers who are working in multilingual and linguistically diverse contexts develop greater linguistic awareness, align with positive views of multilingualism, and implement plurilingual pedagogies, teacher education programmes need to undergo a shift.
