1. I MPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING M OTHER T ONGUE BI - & MULTILINGUAL CHILDREN Anne-France Muyard 27 May 2016

2. Agenda Mother Tongue and concepts Unesco’s Principles on Language and Education Benefits of Bilinguism and Multilingualism How to promote Mother Tongue in the class ?

3. Mother Tongue

4. PARENT PARENT LANGUAGE

5. Emotional and mental growthEmotional and mental growth 1 Cultural identityCultural identity 2 Basis for learning other languagesBasis for learning other languages 3 Mother Tongue’s concepts

6. UNESCO’s Principles on Language and Education

7. Unesco’s recommandations http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001521/152198e.pdf

8. Principle I : UNESCO supports mother-tongue instruction as a means of improving educational quality by building upon the knowledge and experience of the learners and teachers. Principle II :UNESCO supports bilingual and/or multilingual education at all levels as a means of promoting both social and gender equality, and as a key element of linguistically diverse societies.

9. => Eliminate discrimination => Promote cultural [and linguistic] diversity Principle III :UNESCO supports language as an essential component of inter-cultural education in order to encourage understanding between different population groups and ensure respect for fundamental rights

10. BENEFITS OF BILINGUALISM & MULTILINGUALISM

13. Case Study Hantz Hessouh's video

14. What can we do to promote MT ? Mother Tongue Strong affirmative messages Multilingualism projects : culture day, songs, cooking, games Books, Reading log or journal in MT & English Wall decoration : posters, drawings, photos, words

15. Q UESTIONS ?

16. Resources http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001521/152198e.pdf http://www.unesco.org/education/education_today/ed_today6.p df http://www.unesco.org/education/education_today/ed_today6.p df http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detail/Mother-Tongue- The-Language-of-Heart-and-Mind http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detail/Mother-Tongue- The-Language-of-Heart-and-Mind http://bissmothertongue.weebly.com/about-us.html http://multilingualparenting.com/2014/01/22/bilingual-is-better- the-advantages-of-speaking-more-than-one-language/ http://multilingualparenting.com/2014/01/22/bilingual-is-better- the-advantages-of-speaking-more-than-one-language/ https://www.homeworkmarket.com/sites/default/files/q2/02/04/ bilingual_childrens_mother_tongue.pdf https://www.homeworkmarket.com/sites/default/files/q2/02/04/ bilingual_childrens_mother_tongue.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubejua6vZfI