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Wil je als school aan de slag rond de Dag van de Thuistaal? Op deze poster kunnen leerlingen en ouders hun favoriete woord in de thuistaal opschrijven.

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Wil je als Gentse school aan de slag rond de Dag van de Thuistaal? Op deze poster kunnen leerlingen en ouders hun favoriete woord in de thuistaal opschrijven.

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Een talenportret is een creatieve manier om iemands taalrepertoire visueel voor te stellen. Leerlingen kleuren in een silhouet de talen en variëteiten in die ze zelf spreken of in hun eigen omgeving aanwezig zijn en bespreken die vervolgens met medeleerlingen en leraren. Ook een talenpaspoort is een handige tool om in kaart te brengen welke talen je leerlingen gebruiken, met wie en in welke context.

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Een talenportret is een creatieve manier om iemands taalrepertoire visueel voor te stellen. Leerlingen kleuren in een silhouet de talen en variëteiten in die ze zelf spreken of in hun eigen omgeving aanwezig zijn en bespreken deze vervolgens met medeleerlingen en leraren.

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Looking for books in different languages? 

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Looking for books in different languages? 

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Here's a list of publishers that offer multilingual books and/or books in several languages:

Mantra Lingua https://www.mantralingua.com/

Milet http://www.milet.com/

Little Linguist http://www.little-linguist.co.uk

Language Lizzard https://www.languagelizard.com

L’Institut du Monde Arabe https://librairie.imarabe.org/

Ferdosi https://ferdosi.com/

Dar Al-Muna https://www.daralmuna.com/

Hoopoe Books https://hoopoebooks.com/

De Verhalenweverij https://www.verhalenweverij.be/#webshop.

Clavis https://www.clavisbooks.com/nl-be/anderstalige-prentenboeken

De Eenhoorn https://eenhoorn.be/

Nik-nak https://nik-nak.eu/

LAPPA Books https://lappabooks.nl/

BukiBoek https://bukiboek.nl/

Buro Extern https://extern.nl/kinderboeken/

(Source: Delarue, S. (2025). Meertaligheid in de klas: veelgestelde vragen beantwoord. Academia Press: Gent)

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This website offers a collection of silent books (wordless picture books) that could be understood and enjoyed by children regardless of language.

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In response to the waves of refugees from Africa and the Middle East arriving in the Italian island, Lampedusa, IBBY launched the project "Silent Books, from the world to Lampedusa and back" in 2012. The project involved creating the first library on Lampedusa to be used by local and immigrant children, www.facebook.com/BiblioLampedusa/

The second part required creating a collection of silent books (wordless picture books) that could be understood and enjoyed by children regardless of language. These books were collected from IBBY National Sections, over one hundred books from over twenty countries. This set of books was deposited at the documentation and research archive in Rome (Palazzo della Esposizioni), a set delivered to the library in Lampedusa and a further set was part of a travelling exhibition.

There are, to date, four collections of Silent Books: the Silent Books Collection 2013 (110 books), the Silent Books Collection 2015 (51 books), the Silent Books Collection 2017 (79 books) and the Silent Books Collection 2019 (67 books). Within each collection there is a selection of Honour Books. Each of the collections has toured as an exhibition at various venues in Italy and all over the world, as well as being displayed at the Bologna Book Fair and at the IBBY Congresses in New Zealand and Greece.

As part of this project, IBBY Italia has compiled 10 tips for reading silent books in a community that does not speak a common language, which can be seen here. IBBY Sweden has also produced a booklet giving ideas about how to use the Silent Books with children. The booklet, Silent books, a handbook on wordless picture books packed with narrative power, can be downloaded here.

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In response to the waves of refugees from Africa and the Middle East arriving in the Italian island, Lampedusa, IBBY launched the project "Silent Books, from the world to Lampedusa and back" in 2012.

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Looking for the best children's books from around the world? There are several inspiration lists that collect the best books from different countries (in different languages):

The White Ravens Database (https://whiteravens.ijb.de/list): ‘The White Ravens’ is a yearly catalogue in which you can find summaries of over 200 new books for children, from more than 50 countries, in over 40 languages.

IBBY Europe (https://www.ibby-europe.org): on the website of IBBY Europe, the International Board on Books for Young People, you can find reading tips for children and teenagers in 26 European languages.

Takam Tikou (https://takamtikou.bnf.fr/): this online magazine of Le Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse, part of the French National Library, offers reading tips from four regions: Afrika, the Arabic countries, the Caraibes and the region around the Indian Ocean. Books are both in French and in other languages that are spoken in those regions.

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"I speak many languages, how about you?"

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"I speak many languages, how about you?"

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This multilingual children’s book is the result of a participatory research project with multilingual families. It's organised in 10 chapters, each telling a story about a family that use two or more languages on an everyday basis. The stories portray everyday moments from multilingual family life.

https://colinguals.com/book/

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This project was funded by the European Union.

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1. Let students annote texts in their own language for better understanding.

2. Let students of similar home language discuss if they understood the concept, assignment or explanation correctly.

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Examples of translanguaging in early classrooms

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Examples of translanguaging in early classrooms

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Education, Teaching and more by Silvia Nuñez

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Translanguaging in Early Childhood Education

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Genoeg feestdagen! Probeer eens (in het lokaal) of door middel van presentaties aandacht te besteden aan feestdagen. Leerlingen bereiden iets voor over een feestdag die in hun land belangrijk is.
Laat ze praten, schrijven, lezen en vertalen naar de schooltaal.
Zo werk je niet alleen aan taalvaardigheid, maar ook aan het belang van ieders' achtergrond, diversiteit en inclusie.

Tip: laat leerlingen van verschillende taalniveau's, maar met dezelfde moedertaalachtergrond samenwerken. Betrek, waar mogelijk, ook ouders of familieleden bij de presentaties.

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Een sterk ontwikkelde moedertaal ondersteunt niet alleen het verwerven van een tweede taal (leerlingen hebben immers meer meta-taalkennis), maar geeft leerlingen ook een idee van wie ze zijn (cultuur, relatie,...).
Een minder ontwikkelde moedertaal of een minder prestigieuze moedertaal (want ja - helaas wordt er nog zo naar sommige talen gekeken) heeft negatieve gevolgen voor de ontwikkeling van het kind.
Probeer hier positief op in te haken door een identiteitstekening/- mindmap te maken en leerlingen te laten opschrijven hoe zij naar zichzelf in verschillende talen kijken. Wat zijn  positieve gewoontes, eigenschappen, vaardigheden, tradities?
Bespreek deze vervolgens klassikaal

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This article explains the importance of having a (well developed) mother tongue in education.

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Importance of mother tongue in education | Independent Education Today

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Mother tongue meaning | The importance of mother tongue & the role of mother tongue in education, including the advantages for children using mother tongue in education specifically.

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TEMPLATE stands for Technology-Mediated PLurilingual Activities for (language) Teacher Education.

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TEMPLATE stands for Technology-Mediated PLurilingual Activities for (language) Teacher Education.

TEMPLATE is a European project that aims at strengthening the professional competence of pre- and in-service teachers who want to fully implement the recommendations of the Council of Europe for the use of plurilingual approaches in language education.

TEMPLATE seeks to offer a professional development programme that integrates: pedagogical aspects, content knowledge, and digital tools that might be applied in class.

It is intended to boost innovative practices for teacher professional development programmes in Europe from a plurilingual perspective.

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TEMPLATE stands for Technology-Mediated PLurilingual Activities for (language) Teacher Education. TEMPLATE is a European project that aims at strengthening the professional competence of pre- and in-service teachers who want to fully implement the recommendations of the Council of Europe for the use of plurilingual approaches in language education.

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Laat leerlingen een taalportret maken en nadenken over woordverwantschap!

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Een goede jaarstarter: het maken van een talenpaspoort!

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This clip shows (French) teachers who use the children's home languages to learn French and to make them aware of meta-language.

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Watch this example of a 'Multilingual Classroom', by Ramakant Agnihotri!

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Multilingual Classroom | Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri

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There is an English webinar about the potential of multilingual education (A Study Group on the Potential Dynamic in Bilingualism Translanguaging in Bilingual Education part1) wherein Ofelia García talks about translanguaging.

If you want to learn more, watch this clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFpP_3zRrFg .

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A Study Group on the Potential of Dynamic Bilingualism Translanguaging in Bilingual Education Part 1