March 5, 2021
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Did you know? Multilingualism has been identified as key to achieving the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, considered a blueprint for a better future. This month—between UNESCO International Mother Language Day on February 21 and the International Day of Multilingualism on … Continue reading
April 10, 2020
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Multilingualism can help us understand different cultures…which is sometimes weird. It makes travel easier…when we can travel! Middle schoolers in virtual Native Spanish with Maite Montero-Nahoum recently represented what being multilingual means to them, celebrating the International Day of Multilingualism. … Continue reading
March 27, 2020
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ISB Multilingual Learning at Home, a blog post to accompany the above video. March 27, 2020, is the second International Day of Multilingualism. On this date—chosen because March 27, 196 BC, is the date on the famously multilingual Rosetta Stone—we … Continue reading
November 8, 2019
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Children of multilingual families rarely choose what languages they will learn. They receive and accumulate what is given them by the family and the outside world. However, once children begin to develop their linguistic competencies, they are compelled to make … Continue reading
May 7, 2019
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How do multilingual students feel when struggling with a language? Embarrassed, shy, and sometimes “awful,” according to Yeonie, a grade 11 student who presented at TEDxYouth@ISBangkok 2019. Drawing on her experience as a Korean speaker learning English at ISB … Continue reading
March 27, 2019
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March 27, 2019, is the first International Day of Multilingualism. Founded by a network of language professionals, including Dr. Thomas H. Bak of the University of Edinburgh—clinical research fellow in the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences and Co-Director of Bilingualism … Continue reading
June 10, 2018
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As the 2017-2018 school year comes to an end, we wish you a happy holiday! Olga Steklova sends you off with a column on translation games. Our young granddaughter Michelle, like most multilingual children, has a natural ability to switch … Continue reading
February 9, 2018
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François Grosjean is an emeritus professor of linguistics at Neuchâtel University, Switzerland, whose blog Life as a Bilingual appears in the Bookmarks on the right side of this blog. Grosjean has been quoted as saying “the need factor is crucial” for young multilinguals: They must experience regular … Continue reading
January 29, 2018
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The holidays are over—we enjoyed them tremendously! Our grandchildren, while they were acquiring swimming skills here in Thailand, were also immersed in a rich “linguistic pool”. “Tell me a story, Baba!” And I’d begin—in Russian. Breaks and pauses were not appreciated. “And then, … Continue reading
November 13, 2017
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Here is the student film shown at ISB’s all-school Together: Many Languages, One Voice assembly on the International Day of Peace, 2017.