2019-10-01 / VLE PAGES

Dive deeper

Selected online resources and literature on topics such as 'bilingual development' and 'living as a multilingual family'.

National literacy trust: Understanding bilingualism in the early years

https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/understanding-bilingualism-early-years/

Naldic – National Association for Language Development iIn the Curriculum/The national subject association for EAL: Supporting multi-lingual children in the early years

https://naldic.org.uk/teaching-learning/eyfs/

Family lives: Talking to your child about culture

https://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/secondary/health-and-development/talking-to-your-child-about-culture/

Future learn: Language policy in the family

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/multilingual-practices/0/steps/22646

Antheme: a 5-year collaborative research project (2014 – 2019) studying multilingualism in Europe

http://www.atheme.eu/research-themes/being-multilingual/

Mutlilingual families: a European Union funded education project that supports and informs immigrant or multilingual parents how and why to raise their children multilingually

http://www.multilingual-families.eu/home

Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism: The benefits of multilingualism in the family

https://www.reading.ac.uk/celm/media/1148/b18587-celm-multilingualism-parents-final-130717.pdf

Multilingual children’s association

http://www.multilingualchildren.org/

Bilingualism matters: a centre studying bilingualism and language learning

http://www.bilingualism-matters.ppls.ed.ac.uk/

Tales at home: a project that aims to support multilingual families, helping them to create a favourable environment for language learning and wellbeing

https://www.talesathome.eu/

British Council: Video tips for parents to help their child with English

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/video-tips

Mother tongues: An association that aims to raise awareness of the benefits and challenges associated with bilingualism

https://mothertongues.ie/

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