Majority of primary school teachers have to deal with students who have a foreign language background. In Amsterdam, 63% of children under 15 have a multilingual background. But you don’t have to be a second language expert to deal with multilingualism in a sensible way in your classroom. Together with the OBA Oosterdok (Public Library...
Category: Language
Looking back at Language Diversity: What’s your language?
The European Day of Languages has become an inspiration for the Polish Culture NL Foundation, www.polishculture.nl to organize a symposium devoted to multilingualism in upbringing and education. An important part of the activities of the Foundation is the promotion of the Polish language in the Netherlands. Direct contact with the language contributes to a better...
Growing up in a multilingual family
Language Diversity in Amsterdam Growing up in a multilingual family The European Day of Languages is the inspiration for The Foundation Polish Culture NL in cooperation with OBA Oosterdok to organise an event to encourage the use of parental native languages and to discuss multilingual upbringing and education. The event will be at OBA Oosterdok, 26...