Ideas box
Overview
Integrating multilingualism into the classroom is a valuable strategy for promoting pupils’ linguistic and cultural skills. You will find numerous suggestions, information, videos and modules on this website – we would like to encourage you to take a closer look at the topic.
Here are some approaches and ideas summarised by the project group on how this can be implemented:
- diverse materials: use teaching materials in different languages. Books, videos and digital content in the pupils’ native languages can enrich learning and increase interest.
- co-operative forms of learning: Encourage group work where students can contribute their language skills. This enables them to exchange ideas and learn from each other.
- language differentiation: Take into account the different language skills of the pupils and adapt tasks accordingly. In this way, all children can be challenged at their own level.
- cultural insights: Integrate cultural aspects of the different languages into the lessons. This can be done through festivals, traditions or culinary topics and promotes understanding and appreciation of diversity.
- utilise technology: Utilise digital tools and apps that support multilingualism. These can offer interactive exercises and games that make learning fun.
- involve parents: Involve parents in the process by providing information in multiple languages and encouraging them to use their language in everyday life.
Through these approaches, teachers can create a positive learning environment that values and promotes students’ multilingualism.
In a nutshell_ Integrating multilingualism in the classroom_pdf
In this section you will find ideas and examples of activities or projects that have been tested and implemented in the various partner schools. These activities and projects use multilingual teaching methods or aim to develop pupils’ multilingual and multicultural skills. These resources have been grouped by theme:
– Creative musical production
– Creative theatre production
– Reflections on how language works
– Creation of visual aids
– Creative cooking
– Discovery of languages
– Creative writing
– Plurilingual mathematics
In each folder, you can download instruction sheets explaining the approach and objectives of the proposed activities, examples of pupils’ work or demonstration videos, and, where appropriate, materials that you can easily adapt to your teaching context.
