MS Language Acquisition:G08: Bilingualism

The International Association for Research in L1 Education welcomes researchers, teachers, teacher educators, subject methodology teachers involved in the teaching of language and literature to join the association for free and to participate in conferences, book publications, newsletters and the research journal L1 - Educational Studies in Language and Literature to exchange the experiences and to learn from other educational cultures.

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UNESCO is developing a number of initiatives for the promotion of mother tongue instruction and bilingual or multilingual education to enhance quality education.

A short document by UNESCO about Multilingual education

This kit is designed to raise awareness on the importance of mother tongue-based
multilingual education (MLE). It presents key arguments and facts about MLE and provides important insights about the value and benefits of providing education in learners’ mother tongue. The kit also presents ideas, research findings and concrete examples that you can use to think about your own situation and suggests steps for taking actions to make your school system more responsive to linguistic diversity.

An excellent research based resource on why mother tongue is important in education.

By understanding research in the brain, educators can improve effectiveness of second language teaching

Tracey is an international educational consultant and conducts workshops for parents, teachers and educational professionals on themes of language acquisition, brain development, learning styles, critical thinking, and teaching methodologies. Tracey works closely with the European Council of International Schools and also with EARCOS (East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools), and the Tri Association (The Association of American Schools of Central America, Colombia, Caribbean and Mexico).