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Dr Lorna Caputo Greenall

@lorna_caputo

Supporting multilingual children in international communities through education and research. Views are my own.

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linkhttps://exploringmultilingualism.com/ calendar_today26-11-2016 04:05:38

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Do you work in an IB MYP school? Are you interested in multilingualism? Join me to explore multilingualism in the MYP hosted by Toddle on Saturday, 20 April. It's free! Register here: hubs.li/Q02qnh3x0

Do you work in an IB MYP school? Are you interested in multilingualism? Join me to explore multilingualism in the MYP hosted by @toddle_edu on Saturday, 20 April. It's free! Register here: hubs.li/Q02qnh3x0
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I had a wonderful time talking to the brilliant Dr Hannah Burke-Tomlinson about multilingualism in international schools. Check out the podcast episode!

A massive thank you to Outstanding Schools for always being such great a great supporter and advocate for

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Twilight Networking is an informal space for practitioners to meet with one another and share what is working well in the classroom with their multilingual pupils. Come and share and learn from one another! Join us on 29th February naldic.org.uk/naldic-events/…

Twilight Networking is an informal space for practitioners to meet with one another and share what is working well in the classroom with their multilingual pupils. Come and share and learn from one another! Join us on 29th February naldic.org.uk/naldic-events/…
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A brilliant opportunity to learn about languages in your family. Planning for effective bilingualism, with these leading experts Ludovica Serratrice Eowyn so looking forward to this!!!

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Are you interested in how to support EAL/ELL/multilingual learners become more independent? Are you interested in using inquiry-based approaches with these learners? Join us at the next naldic International School SIG! It’s free! 6 Feb, 12:00-13:00 GMT

Are you interested in how to support EAL/ELL/multilingual learners become more independent? Are you interested in using inquiry-based approaches with these learners? Join us at the next @EAL_naldic International School SIG! It’s free! 6 Feb, 12:00-13:00 GMT
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We need to have “a critical awareness of one’s own beliefs about language and about multilingual students and a recognition of how individuals operate within different nested layers within a larger system of power.” Esther Bettney Heidt, PhD Gail Prasad tandfonline.com/eprint/WWKJBTJ…

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10 years ago: “Given the significance of a child's first language, integrating it into the school day would be a step towards the goal of offering equal opportunity to all pupils” How are your schools supporting home/heritage/mother-tongue languages? swissinfo.ch/eng/integratio…

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⁦⁦Eowyn⁩ reflects on how she rarely sees the EAL coordinator or Head of Multilingualism in leadership teams in schools - as she says “the people responsible for advocacy are not in the right place to drive change.” What about your school? crisfieldeducationalconsulting.com/single-post/ad…

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“Research shows that education in the mother tongue is a key factor for inclusion and quality learning…However, there is still a long way to go before guaranteeing all learners their right to education in their mother tongue. unesco.org/en/articles/wh…

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Interesting article that asks educators to reflect on their own biases, attitudes, and assumptions about children and their languages. Your Pedagogy Might be More Aligned with Colonialism than You Realize medium.com/@heinemann/you…

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Bilingualism’s Cry for Attention: how bilingualism can help curb the current wave of nationalism – Yale Education Studies Student Research campuspress.yale.edu/edstudiescours…

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Can you name the 86 countries that have English as an official language? Do you explore different Englishes from around the world in your English-medium schools?How are schools shifting from traditional views of English to a more global view? wordspath.com/countries-with….

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Interesting article that shows how some schools/systems by design value multilingualism and others don’t. The big question is how will our societies change if schools don’t value britishcouncil.org/voices-magazin…

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“just 13 % of U.S. teachers speak a non-English language at home..compared with 21 % of U.S. children' How is your school ensuring language diversity and language representation when hiring?edweek.org/teaching-learn…

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‘I’m stricter in Italian’ – the multiple personas of multilingualism - SWI swissinfo.ch swissinfo.ch/eng/business/-…

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If you work at an international school, we are interested in hearing about how your school designs support. Please fill out a quick form. Results will be shared at the next naldic international School SIG meeting forms.gle/63x88EyxBt48Ay…

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If you haven’t registered yet to join us at our next NALDIC meeting where we will be sharing how international schools are designing EAL/ELL/ESL support, there is still time. It’s completely free! We will be sharing the results of our mega survey so should be a good one.

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Join us at the next naldic International School meet on 21/11. We will be talking about provision. It's free! If you work at an international school, we are interested in hearing about your experiences, so please fill out a quick form (forms.gle/63x88EyxBt48Ay…)

Join us at the next @EAL_naldic International School meet on 21/11. We will be talking about #EAL #ELL #ESL provision. It's free! If you work at an international school, we are interested in hearing about your experiences, so please fill out a quick form (forms.gle/63x88EyxBt48Ay…)
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Join us at the next naldic International School meet on 21/11. We will be talking about provision. It's free! If you work at an international school, we are interested in hearing about your experiences, so please fill out a quick form (forms.gle/63x88EyxBt48Ay…)

Join us at the next @EAL_naldic International School meet on 21/11. We will be talking about #EAL #ELL #ESL provision. It's free! If you work at an international school, we are interested in hearing about your experiences, so please fill out a quick form (forms.gle/63x88EyxBt48Ay…)
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