The Multilingual Turn in Language Education: An Essential Skill for the 21st Century

‘The Multilingual Turn in Language Education: An Essential Skill for the 21st Century’, by Dr Nayr Ibrahim (Head of Young Learners and Bilingual Education, British Council, Paris)

The plenary session at our Teaching for Success conference 2017, this talk explores multilingualism as a holistic phenomenon. It looks at how children develop and manage multiple languages, what teachers can do to build on children’s linguistic repertoires, and why a multilingual approach is imperative for educational systems.

Don’t forget to check out overviews of other speakers’ conference talks on:
learner autonomy (   • Promoting learner autonomy with Young...  );
combating bullying (   • Combating Bullying and Promoting Resp...  );
getting teenagers talking (   • '8 Ways to Help your Teenagers’ by Gr...  );
and integrating speaking into CLIL lessons (   • Integrating Speaking into CLIL Lesson...  ).

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