Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.
Mother tongue matters: local language as a key to effective learning.
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The publication provides insights from 5 individual cases where the explicit use of local language impacted effective instruction and learning. Each case is presented in terms of the program scope and learning outcomes, strengths, weaknesses and lessons learned. The cases demonstrate important lessons to inform educators and decision makers as they consider mother tongue-based bilingual or multilingual education programs. Research supports the findings.
The resource is published by UNESCO and available as a free PDF download in English or French.
Contents- Introduction
- Country case studies
- Mali: Pédagogie convergente
- Papua New Guinea: vernacular education inhundreds of national
- Peru: bilingual intercultural education
- United States: Thomas and Collier study of bilingual education models
- Key findings
- Conclusion
- References and further
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Round Table Report: Languages Matter for Communities - the way forward
(International Mother Language Day 2009) - First Language First: Community Based Literacy Programs for Minority Language Contexts in Asia