Here are some findings from our recent language survey in a Grade 4 class: Of the 19 children in the class, 3 are monolingual, 14 are bilingual and 2 are trilingual 13 different languages are spoken and 12 are … Continue reading →

April 8, 2016
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Another paper at the same conference: Perth WA

C9 Bilingual tools to enhance EAL/D students’ language development55 minutes Mallika Das and Abby Saleh In this presentation we will discuss two teacher-initiated bilingual reading programs conducted in school where 99% and 97% of the school population are from CALD … Continue reading →

April 8, 2016
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Recent research: paper being presented this month in Perth WA

Dr Androula Yiakoumetti, Oxford Brookes University Dr Androula Yiakoumetti is an applied linguist whose research focuses on regional and social variation within linguistic systems and, more specifically, on the implications of such variation for education. She is interested in sociolinguistic … Continue reading →

March 25, 2016
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The mother tongue battle in Hong Kong

Cantonese or Putonghua / Mandarin for Hong Kong schools?

March 23, 2016
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It’s coming!!

February 21st 2017 Internationaler Tag der Muttersprache Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna יום שפת האם הבינלאומי اليوم العالمي للغة الأم International Mother Language Day 국제 모국어의 날 On International Mother Language Day the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural … Continue reading →