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Multilingual Education: A Key to Quality and Inclusive Learning

In today’s world, multilingual contexts are the norm rather than the exception. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Atlas of Languages reveals that ...
UNHCR

Language training programmes

The focus of this section is on strategies to support resettled refugees’ acquisition of the language of the receiving community (often referred to as the target language). Some of the principles and ...
World Bank

Teaching young children in the language they speak at home is essential to eliminate Learning Poverty

WASHINGTON, JULY 14, 2021 – Children learn more and are more likely to stay in school if they are first taught in a language that they speak and understand. Yet, an estimated 37 percent of students in ...
The Conversation

Teacher training needs a rethink to integrate language and subject learning

Nhlanhla Mpofu received funding for this study from the National Research Foundation Thuthuka Grant. Mncedisi Maphalala does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...