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Tag Archives: mother-tongue
How can we stop language barriers holding back learning for people on the move?
One in five students have a migrant background in OECD countries, resulting in multi-lingual / multi-cultural classrooms. Yet only half of immigrants receive language support in OECD countries on average. Arriving in a new country and suddenly sitting in a … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Literacy, refugees, Uncategorized
Tagged Inclusion, language, literacy, mother-tongue, refugees, target 4.6
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Books are essential to solving the global learning crisis
By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy and Advocacy, Save the Children and Chair of the Global Book Alliance A new coalition of governments, international agencies, NGOs and the private sector has launched this week with the aim of closing … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Literacy, textbooks, Uncategorized
Tagged books, language, mother-tongue, target 4.6, Target 4.a, textbooks
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Children taught in their mother language are more likely to develop literacy skills
Today, on International Mother Language Day, which is focused on the importance of linguistic diversity for sustainable development, it is important to remember what difference being taught in your mother tongue can make to one’s ability to learn. Choices over … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Learning, Literacy, Uncategorized
Tagged language, learning, literacy, mother-tongue, target 4.6, target 4.7
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Pakistan: Children in primary schools should be taught in their mother tongue
By Bushra Rahim, PhD student. “If we start speaking other languages and forget our own, we would not be we, we would be clones of an alien people; we would be aliens to ourselves” (UNESCO, The Use of Vernacular Languages … Continue reading
