When bilingual children hear their family language spoken outside of the home, they develop a positive attitude toward their own diversity.
Category: Language Explorers
New pilot programme on multilingualism
New pilot programme on multilingualism to be funded by RTÉ Late Late Toy Show Appeal 2022
A pilot project bringing ‘a creative, playful, storytelling approach to multilingualism’ in preschool settings in Dublin 24 will be made possible by funding from the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal 2022.
We are delighted to work in partnership with Early Childhood Ireland, the leading organisation in the Early Years sector, to deliver this programme. The pilot project, which will be delivered through home-preschool partnerships, is expected to launch in Dublin 24 later in 2022.
Welcoming the grant funding, Dr Francesca La Morgia, Director of Mother Tongues, said: “Thanks to the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal funding we will be able to have a lasting impact on children, parents and early childhood educators. Language and literacy are key to the child’s development and adults can play a key role in enhancing language skills in the early years. We are delighted to be able to partner with an organisation such as Early Childhood Ireland, which leads in the sector and we look forward to inspiring more and more early years settings to embrace multilingualism”
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Free creative family workshops for children 3 & 4 years old
The Language Explorers multilingual workshops have a strong focus on bringing high-quality art and creativity experiences to 3 & 4-year-old children
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Teachers tell me they are really impressed with the level of engagement of the students, learning and exploring new languages around them.
Why bother exploring language with young people?
When I asked the young people why they think we should do multilingual workshops, one young person said “to create language friendships”.
How teachers can use linguistic diversity to everyone’s advantage
Language Explorers is designed to raise awareness of linguistic diversity in the classroom and to promote an interest in language learning.
Parents as a resource for multilingual classrooms
Our programme Language Explorers has been selected as one of the most impactful innovations for the HundrED Spotlight on Parental Engagement!
Hours of fun… learning about languages!
Learning about languages is an adventure.
And sometimes the biggest adventures can happen right from the comfiest spots in our homes!
Lezioni di italiano: Language Explorers ITALIANO
Il team di Mother Tongues è lieto di annunciare il lancio di un corso di italiano per bambini, chiamato Language Explorers ITALIANO che si svolgerà presso il Perrystown Community Centre.Si tratta di un ciclo di 13 lezioni di italiano per bambini madrelingua. Questo gruppo comprende bambini che hanno appreso l’italiano in Italia e bambini che lo hanno appreso in Irlanda. L’obiettivo di questo corso è di affrontare tematiche multidisciplinari usando la lingua italiana, lavorando su compentenze orali e scritte come delineato dal MIUR nel contesto della scuola primaria italiana. Tratteremo temi di arte, storia, geografia, scienze e scienze sociali. I temi trattati verrano scelti in base agli interessi dei bambini e non in base ad un programma o ad un libro. Le classi hanno un numero massimo di 8 partecipanti per fare sì che ogni bambino possa seguire un percorso indicato per le proprie abilità e i propri interessi.
Il corso prevede la frequenza ad un ciclo di 13 settimane, dall’11 Settembre all’11 Dicembre 2019 con una pausa per il Midterm break.
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