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Embracing cultural  and linguistic diversity is really important for promoting integration and inclusion of all students. Students improve their ab

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Yes, of course! Who is not agree with her! Teaching Technology and Informatic in First Level of Secondary School, I have to use English as official language of Informatic. My students knows there is no chance! Anyway, they can amuse during "hour code" giving creativity.

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I totally agree with Nell`s analysis.

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I totally AGREE

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Iagree

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Absolutely I agree..

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Donatella Passiatore, ItalyI teach Design and History of Art in a scientific high school and often I find myself working with foreign students. In some classes I have proposed an activity like "Professor for a day" and I invite some passionate students of the English language, with my guide, to prepare sometimes lessons of History of Art on topics of reduced content in English or Spanish and in collaboration with language teachers. Students participate more enthusiastically and thus develop a greater sense of belonging in the class group and in the "teacher and learner relationship" "of teaching the teacher" new teaching strategies.

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Donatella Passiatore, ItalyI teach Design and History of Art in a scientific high school and often I find myself working with foreign students. In some classes I have proposed an activity like "Professor for a day" and I invite some passionate students of the English language, with my guide, to prepare sometimes lessons of History of Art on topics of reduced content in English or Spanish and in collaboration with language teachers. Students participate more enthusiastically and thus develop a greater sense of belonging in the class group and in the "teacher and learner relationship" "of teaching the teacher" new teaching strategies.

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I agree with Nell's analysis

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Absolutely I agree

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I agree with Nell's analysis. As I already mentioned, and Nell talks about it too, students have the opportunity to become teachers in these situations, and teachers can in their new role show some of their own learning strategies, which can in turn encourage students to develop an interest for a new language, new subject, new field. I hope to find examples of this as this course continues.

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Nicoleta,  I m  agree with Nell s analysis...it s a very good ideea to change the roll with your students...

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Nicoleta,  I m  agree with Nell s analysis...it s a very good ideea to change the roll with your students...

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I agree.

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Yes I agree with Nell's analysis. Pair studying will be benefit

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I agree with her. Especially when she suggests an effort to belong. I am sure that the process of operating in a multilingual classroom therefore facilitates effective learning practices.

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I am totally agree with nell’s analysis

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Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil 

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Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil 

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I participated in Webinar 09/26/18
It was a fantastic experience with the exchange of experiences
This creation was very interesting

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I agree and I think that student must feel comfortable.

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I'm totally agree wth Nell, multilingualism is the realty, 'to switch the roles' is a powerful strategy to adopt.

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In each class there should be no differences due to language problems.

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When embracing cultural and linguistic diversity you open yourself to new challenges and make your students to feel like they belong to your class. This way, no one may feel excluded.

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I agree with her and I am happy to discover that other teachers in other countries us that switching roles method

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Embracing cultural  and linguistic diversity is really important for promoting integration and inclusion of all students. Students improve their abilities and they  give  important contribution during the CLIL lessons Everyone   can help the other students so they  encourage the other to improve English. Students understand they must cooperate and help each other so diversity  is   a  wealth.  If we switch roles with our foreign students   we will give use new perspectives .They  are allowed to teach  something  to us and to their classmates .In this way they  become  the protagonist of their learning process. On the other way their classmates   see them from another viewpoint and become more respectful of differences and eager  to learn  much more about their new friends and their linguistic and cultural capital. I believe CLIL methodology implements Nell’s ideas. The integration of content and language  puts our students in touch with languages without requiring more hours of lessons and putting all pupils on the same starting level.

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Benefits of linguistic diversity -  Aija, Latvia

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Benefits of linguistic diversity -  Aija, Latvia

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Nell Foster listed the main benefits very clearly, out of which my favourite was that of switching the roles. The possible challenge would be the authority of a teacher in terms of discipline, I suppose. If a teacher is not confident in embracing linguistic diversity, he/she loses the authority among his/her students.

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Nell's analysis is good, multilingualism is great benefit for the students as well as the teachers.

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I agree with her. But for teacher it is not so easy to work in multilingual classes. Teacher must know not only the language but also culture and traditions of such pupils to help them feel cosy and comfortable among other clasmades.

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Ibelieve multilinguism is an important aspect as it takes the class out of monotony, makes things interesting and students get so much to explore through it.

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Benefits of linguistic diversity- Charanpreet Kaur Walia, India

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Benefits of linguistic diversity- Charanpreet Kaur Walia, India

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Being multilingual has a great benefit in a class with students from different backgrounds. Though it is difficult to learn more languages and implement them in same class.

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The importance of multilingualismis unique to individuals and their circumstances.

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If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world."

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yes it has many benefits of having a multilingual class as it helps the students to learn and explore more. at the same time some students can face problems with the same.

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Nell's suggestions can be very useful in a multilingual class. often there are students who remain separated from classmates because of linguistic problems.

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The students will participate more actively if the class is multilingual I suppose but at the same time being multilingual is not an easy task. If the majority of the class speaks a particular language and only a handful of students speak some other then it is difficult to maintain a balance.

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It feels the students comfortable to share their views.

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I totally agree with Nell Ma'am. including different languages built students interest also it prevents boredom.

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I totally agreed that we also put efforts to don't forget our mother tongue but we also have an interest to learn a

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yes, i agree with mam analysis like this teachers as well as students will be able to gain knowledge about other languages.

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i agree that switching roles in a classroom acts as a facilitating factor. it gives the students an opportunity to share and teach what they know best hence encouraging students to become receptive by accepting and learning what is being taught in class.

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I’m agree with the Nell’s analysis and conclusions . I think that focusing on linguistic diversity helps students to develop cognitive and social experiences and to develop memory and communication skills. Multilingualism also helps to better understand the world around them and to improve their problem solving skills.

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I thank that Nell's suggestions may be very useful in a multilingual class. often there are pupils that stay apart from the schoolmates because of language troubles. Flipping the classroom , using such pupils to teach some subjects may help them to get out from this situation.

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It often happens more often to have foreign students from different backgrounds who do not have the same attitude towards foreign languages.
I happen to have French-speaking Arabs who want to teach some words in Arabic to their classmates.
Or even Chinese who speak a few words of English and who agree to teach some grapheme and some Chinese words to others. In the past years I've had Russians etc. and what has emerged is that children have an innate tendency to tension, the need to communicate with everyone.
The obvious benefits of having a good ability to interact in a multiethnic and multiracial society range from improving the ability to interact to the improvement of the ability to collaborate.
The challenge for moi is fascinating, stimulating and ...

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Ioana Mihaelabenefits:personal development of studentsopportunities for collaboration, communication, problem solving, of the XXIX centuries.disadvantages:lack of ICT in schoolscontent-based, non-pupil-centered

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Ioana Mihaelabenefits:personal development of studentsopportunities for collaboration, communication, problem solving, of the XXIX centuries.disadvantages:lack of ICT in schoolscontent-based, non-pupil-centered

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Romania

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YES, i agree with nell ma'am analysis. like this teachers as well as students will be able to gain knowledge about the content in bilingual or multilingual languages.

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Nell talks about 'children in our care' and I think that this is an essential aspect which is easy to forget when faced with the difficulties of a multilingual classroom. I would like to understand how I can help pupils newly arrived from other countries who are still learning the language of schooling to illustrate the results of their education under a different system. I am sure this would help all concerned to appreciate the newcomers better and not classify them as people who have some kind of learning difficulties

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Usually, in Italy, subject are required to be taught in Italian, thit means that there aren't opportunities to teach/communicate in another language (clil is another issue: we all are foreign to English). I had a russian student who wasn't able to understand Italian: I was able to communicate with her and speak about everything and about maths! I'm proud of it.

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Language is an emblem of who we are. It is the carrier of our heritage and one of the ways of identifying what we mean by ‘communities’. It is obvious that schools cannot teach all languages ​​to all pupils, but there are pedagogical approaches that allow the different languages ​​present in a classroom to be taken into account.

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Mandeep ( India)
I am totally agree with nell’s analysis. To know
And love your mother tongue is like a to love
Your country. Only ur mother language can
Touch ur heart

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It is an interesting opinion about changing roles. In fact, we all learn all the time from our pupils.

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I totally agree with Nell that multilingualism allows you to assess student’s previous knowledge and these students also feel comfortable or we can say feel freedom to put forth their views. You as a teacher know the ability of your pupils. The other way they get benefitted is, they can access content and develop an identity of competence

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VALENTINA, ITALYThe problem is that we value the school curriculum too much and we forget the characters trying to play a role in our class

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VALENTINA, ITALYThe problem is that we value the school curriculum too much and we forget the characters trying to play a role in our class

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Linguistic diversity in the world today is an issue of growing social importance because a majority of all living languages are threatened in their continued existence. How they can be sustained is a matter of study and debate. Changes in the vitality of a language has important implications for individuals and societies. Multilingualism is a common and increasing phenomenon in present day society which can be studied from different perspectives. The purpose of what I'm saying is to focus on language as a cultural asset and to establish the relationship between linguistic diversity and human welfare.

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It can be fruitful for both sides, we can learn from each other sometimes

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It is easier for children to engage in the languages that are taught at school when their own languages are recognised, because these languages are practised in the family environment and by the children. Placing value on childrens’ different languages and cultural backgrounds boosts the self-confidence and self-esteem necessary for educational and professional success.

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Students and teacher with linguistic  diversity can enrich themselves

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yes i agree with Nell's analysis because letting the student speak in their language makes them more confident and they learn from other students as well

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In my opinion, Nell is great and has focused very well on all the points in a short video time

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I agree with Nell

To love the language of our pupils means to love their territory and to translate everything into cultural wealth

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Yes I agree and specially the fat to give my students the chance to develop a sense of ownership

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Everyone is a teacher for other and can learn from other. We can understand some aspects of other culture by their languages

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I have never been in a multilingual classroom, however, I see that contents in class have to be updated and you can compare and learn a lot from the skills students have developed in other school systems, and ultimately enrich the process of teaching and learning that you practice.

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in my school career I have not yet had the opportunity to teach in a multilingual classroom. However, I believe in the potential offered and to be developed in such an opportunity

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Nell's views are great! I agree with the things she mentions. I do believe that students should be left free to use their native language if they wish to. This will also provide positive experiences for the rest of the children in the classroom. It might be difficult at first especially if the other children do not understand the language however through recurrent usage, all participants in the classroom will start getting accustomed to the language. So yes I do believe it is a positive thing that children use their native language in class.

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a benefit of bilingualism is greater creative capacity, greater aptitude for mediation through the use of speech and problem solving skills. Those who know more languages know that things can be said in different ways and there is no single way to reach the recipient of the message

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Linguistic diversity means new opportunities for both students and teachers to discover language in all its forms

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I totally agree with Nell. It's always a good idea to change roles between teachers and students because they learn from us and we can definitely learn interesting things from them.

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I agree with Nell's view of the benefits of embracing inguistic diversity. It is important to change the way of teaching and to enlarge our competence in other languages. It is important to respect our students' cultural background and to enhance liguistic diversity

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I agree with Nell's view of the benefits of embracing inguistic diversity. It is important to change the way of teaching and to enlarge our competence in other languages. It is important to respect our students' cultural background and to enhance liguistic diversity

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There are obviously quite a lot of benefits when embracing linguistic diversity as ss feel more integrated in the school body. They don;t feel that their mother tongue is rejected as roles in the classroom are switched and they can also teach both classmates and the teacher about their own home language.

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I totally agree with Nell's analysis. "You transform their ability to develop an idea of competence": well, in my opinion, this is the most impressive benefit. Turning what at a first sight could appear as a problem into a challenge: this is the result of embracing language diversity.

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I fully agree, they should feel their mother tongue or those other languages they use, are a benefits and not a barrier and they could see that it would be a benefits for all of us who share experiences with them. Fostering that learning a language, it will an enrichment experience for te students who teach and for the students who learn.

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I totally agree with Nell. I love teaching because you learn something new every day from each student, so for me is super positive to have linguistic diversity in my classrooms. A benefit for both students and teachers is that while facing a different language and culture and trying to be "the student", enhance the capacity of empathy and to better feel my peers' stress and difficulties. It helps to foster group work and cooperation. It could be a challenge because you need time to manage everything and find enough reflection moments, alongside working on "traditional" teaching programm.

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I agree Nell because teachers learn and discover new ways of learning from their students. Changing roles is good for both teacher and student.Agreeing to use student's native language makes a connection between old and new acquisitions of the learner.

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I fully agree with Nell. It's a beneficial experience to exchange roles between students and teachers. We should not forget that we can learn a lot from them as well.

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I agree with Nell as accepting student’s first language means accepting what they have learnt in the past.

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in our school we start teaching foreing langiage in 1st class (2 hours per week) and we can see benefits of accepting foreing language when children com ein touch with new students that don't speak Slovene, so that they are accepting them more.

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I agree that it must be very beneficial experience to exchange roles between students and teachers. We should not forget that we also can learn a lot from students.

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I completely agree with Nell's analysis. Linguistic diversity can enlarge and enrich ourselves, both students and teachers: We have to find what is the right way to permitt this in the best way. solutions can be different depending on the different situations. This is our task: Integrate everyone and  improve  our students' both in personality and competences.

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yes , i agree with Nell's analysis. having a multilingual classroom gives us a opportunity to make non participating students come forward and interaction comes out to be interesting for thme

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In our school, bilingual education is developing little by little and is already beginning in the first years of Secondary Education. We are concerned that language difficulties slow down the learning process so strict that the curriculum demands of us. But I´m sure that the good preparation of our teachers will achieve a successful result.

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Very interesting point of view, the teacher role needs to be “ reinvented “ quite a lot.
A real challenge.

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I definitely agree with nell. I think that is so important to avoid the non participation of a student that has not a knownledge of our language... They have to express themselves in their mother tongue and to include the rest of the class in the new linguistic experience.

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Odete Teixeira, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal

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Odete Teixeira, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal

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I entirely agree with Nell’s analyses. If you allow the students to use their home language, you transform their ability to access content material and to develop an identity competence. I appreciated when she said they are not condemned to a 6 months non-participation! Linguistic diversity regarded in a positive way is much more useful. It is important to switch roles with them and enable them to teach us, to explain themselves. The problem is that we value the school curriculum (the script) too much and we forget the characters trying to play a role in our class. We should start to look a bit more deeply skills that children have not necessarily valued immediately by the school system.

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I agree with Nell. One of the best benefits is to give the possibility to exchange roles between teacher and student.

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I think linguistic diversity is an important resource in a classroom and in this case, as Neil says, teacher's role is essential to help our students getting over their shyness and improving cooperation among them.

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I agree with Nell.I like to give all the students the possibility to express him/herself.

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I feel guilty. I'll try to learn or notice basic words, learn9ng from my kids. I expect them understanding me, but where is my own work?
I guess we owe them some interes.

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I agree with Nell. but the challenges in my classroom with my students are that may be there are not able to understand bilingual language. they don't won't to cope with it.

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Of course i agree Neill. Objects -observers( we call them audients) become subjects and part of lesson

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I completely agree with Nell's analysis. I think one of the best benefits is to give the possibility to exchange roles between teacher and student. This not only gives greater self-esteem to the children but they feel welcomed and accepted. In addition, the benefits are also for all the other kids in the class because they learn a new language, cultures and traditions and this can develop their divergent thinking and their creativity. It encourages children to be open to new points of view to be empathetic and to be able to accept the difficulties of their peers.

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I agree with the speaker. Particularly, when there are students of different nationalities, for pupils switch roles could be a good way to become protagonist of their learning process.

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I totally agree with Nell. There are many benefits of linguistic diversity. Generally I used english in my classroom but i also tied to use the language in which my student can feel comfortable

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I agree with Nell.We must give a chance to speak their own language so this students feels better and he/she adopts the class easily.But he/she also try to learn new language to communicate effectively.

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I agree with Nell. A class that includes students with different languages enhances students' understanding, learning, respecting, thinking and understanding skills. students' feeling that their own culture and language are cared for has a lot to do with their success.

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I agree with Nell too. That's why I need to put my students knowledge into practice and create opportinities for them to speak with people from different countries and cultures.

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I’m agree with Nell. In my job with multilingualism classroom, I changed my point of view and I learned that the children coming from other country arrive with skill, competencies and knowledges. So, it is very important receive the children and their families give them the space to tell theirself and their culture, and to valorize their cultural value . Because is very important to work on the pluridentitary aspects of our pupils overall today, in the global world where is simple to lose your roots. The most important challenge in multilingualism classroom, maybe is really help our children not lose their roots and in the same time to help them to feel not stranger in our country. I mean, The students have to feel theirself belonging to a their new country.  And if we want work in this way, the teaching/learning local language is very important.

now I work in italian school in Madrid, And The situation is very different. I always need to work on the pupils’ identity,but in the same time my principal focus is the metalinguistic competence. In fact the veicholar language is Spanish and not Italian, and the interest of Italian language can be improve in the main way with a long work on the linguistic conscious. In my schedule of scenario you can find the bilingualism project realized in the Italian school in Madrid where I describe the steps of activities

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I agree with Nell although I don't have any foreign student in my classroom. In my opinion the teacher always has to pay attention to the diversity of the students, especially when there is a multicultural class and a variety of languages. Moreover every teacher should know that he can learn a lot from his students. If he speaks in another language he can also immediately understand how it's possible to teach the same topic in different ways.

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I agree with Nell although I don't have any foreign student in my classroom. In my opinion the teacher always has to pay attention to the diversity of the students, especially when there is a multicultural class and a variety of languages. Moreover every teacher should know that he can learn a lot from his students. If he speaks in another language he can also immediately understand how it's possible to teach the same topic in different ways.

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I totally agree with Nell, I

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I think and feel the same like Nell Forest's analysis. This is the idea of exchanging knowledge peers to peers.