Paying attention to how multilingual children read can help foster reading for pleasure

Just 34.6% of children in the UK read for pleasure, according to a 2024 survey by the National Literacy Trust. This is the ...

Studycat Connects Early-Years Multilingual Learning Research to Real Play in a Children’s French Language App

Studycat’s French program is built around a step-by-step learning flow the company describes as “Hear it, Learn it, Say it, Use it,” pairing immersion-style audio with interactive challenges. The ...
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Do you speak other languages at home? This will not hold your child back at school

Rauno Parrila receives funding from Australian Research Council and Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Valeria Maria Rigobon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

'Living in fear': Multilingual student enrollment drops in CT schools amid Trump immigration crackdown

Multilingual student enrollment in Connecticut is down 4% this school year compared to the previous year, according to ...

Raising 'multilingual' children in Japan: Is it OK if their Japanese isn't fluent?

TOKYO -- Introducing children to not just English but other languages from a young age might help them grow into internationally minded adults. After ･･･ ...

Sheffield unites to create ‘Quilt of Welcome’ celebrating city’s multilingual children

Hundreds of multilingual children from across Sheffield have helped create a huge ‘Quilt of Welcome’, celebrating the many languages spoken in the city while sending a welcoming message to others.