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Reina

My favourite activity is running. I like it because I will be come strong. If I can run faster than other people, I will win the match. And also, I can practice with my friends.

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I created a game with multilingual words. It consists in several cards where there are written different and multilingaul words. Boys have to match mather tongue language with Italian and English language. It wins who matches more correct words in a little time. I can observe during this game that students work together and are satisfied about their outcomes.

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I don`t have experiences but I like ideas.

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Suzzane, Jordan
I liked the ideas & I am planning to apply them in my classes.

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I like her ideas. Maybe in the future I can use some ideas.

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Donatella Passiatore, ItalyI teach Design and History of Art in a Scientific High School. On the basis of the design relating to the History of Art, I would propose to create a video in English on the life of an artist chosen unanimously by the class, involving all the students of the class in historical-geographical research, making live a work chosen by the students considered most significant. Always in collaboration with the English or Spanish language teacher and the history teacher.

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Donatella Passiatore, ItalyI teach Design and History of Art in a Scientific High School. On the basis of the design relating to the History of Art, I would propose to create a video in English on the life of an artist chosen unanimously by the class, involving all the students of the class in historical-geographical research, making live a work chosen by the students considered most significant. Always in collaboration with the English or Spanish language teacher and the history teacher.

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I didn't have Nell's experience but I like her ideas. Maybe in the future I can use some ideas.

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Salih Türkiye

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I don't have experience with any of the examples that Nell shared, but I really liked them. They are inovative and different. I especially liked her observation that the children become aware when they should use their mother tongue during class. This just goes to show how language comes naturally, and it all comes together to fullfill the primary role of language, which is communication.

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I don't have experiences with any of the examples that Nell shared, but I really liked them. They are inovative and different.

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we can use short video in other language but with subtitrate in our language

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I believe in CLIL methods. There might be short activities in other language within a language class or other subject class. Pupils can compare similarities of the languages and thus understand them better.

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I would try with simple english texts about historical argoments

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I organize cultural one day event before starting lessons. I use singing a song in their own languages. Also I have an activity: let's promote home countries and find some mutual things between two countries and pupils can do posters together

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Using technology and online app. For instance, my students practice English through presentations. First they record their voice and then kizoa.com photoslideshows.

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Free online movie and video maker with photos, videos, music, text and effects. Share by email, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, blogs, burn to DVD.

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I believe that an effective strategy to create a fertile learning environment is to use simple narrative texts in different languages, so that pupils can compare themselves.

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The best way to create a plurilingual class is to use some keywords, during your lesson, in more laguages. It depends also on the subject..if it is possibile even watching short documentary in different laguages.

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create web diaries that students could read and comment

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create web diaries that students could read and comment

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After listening to this video of Nell, I immediately thought that the technique of the keywords could be a useful tool for my work. And so I started looking for some keywords for math lessons (add, subtract, children, remain, etc). Keywords, therefore, come to have two significant characteristics: they are related to the daily life of children and are expressed in different languages. So I asked the children to bring me some words that I asked in their native languages. The children, at first rather disconcerted, began to ask in the family. At the beginning few children brought me the word in their language, it took a long time for them to trust me and almost everyone had the words in their language. The fear of being laughed at by the comrades seemed important. Then, instead, they experienced this idea as positive and now they want to bring me a lot of words. We have also included the words in the various Italian regional dialects. We hope it will be a good job!

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We're organizing a class library, where it's possible find books in different languages.
From 22 to 27 October in Italy is the week of Libriamoci, on 25th at school foreign parents read in own language fairy and story to pupils, it was a fantastic experience for all

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Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

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Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

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Each one with its individuality, but being part of the whole, which is the group where everyone learns in an egalitarian way, the language brings them together, even if their reality is different, in the classroom they are all interacting.

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express through fairy tales and local stories

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I'm thinking about some projects based on local cuisine. We should have different names and customs. This way students may klearn new words and cultural diversity.

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i did use an activity in which the children had to present their traditions in the family and make a poster to present them along with few words of their native language.

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I completely agree with Cinzia from Italy that  the best way to do activities that embed linguistic diversity  is  to sing songs from international pop stars  or watching films  in the original  language. One of my best experiences was  last year  when with my  colleagues  decided to celebrate   every   culture  present in our school  during  the European  Day of Languages. Students performed poems  and prayers and sang  some typical  popular songs of their own culture.  Moreover they realized some  typical recipes for that event, helped by their parents ,too. This  experience was really inspiring for everybody!

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CLIL classroom activities _ Aija, Latvia

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CLIL classroom activities _ Aija, Latvia

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Nell provides lovely ideas. One more idea is that there could be a group work in the class and children could make posters containing either basic welcoming words in their language or some words on the topic at hand (e.g. if it's a biology lesson on vertebrates, then some basic words like bones, reptiles, birds, mammals in their home language)

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I will let them use common expressions like how are you, thank you etc. I will try to find similarities to be able to remember easily.

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We create small vocabularies of common words and phrases. Also we make small books with proverbs and sayings in different languages.

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For me what i have felt interesting is to speak common words like thankyou, good morning, bye, etc. in different languages.

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we can choose a topic and pick up some words and ask students to translate them to different languages they knew

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The idea of counting in different languages seems very interesting to me eg. while counting the strength of the class the teacher can use different languages.

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We can make children sing song of there own language so that they could find relevance in that.

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I use songs that we could sing in many other languages.

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We can make children sing songs of their home language and then find similar idioms and proverbs that mean almost the same thing in each language.

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In a Plurilingual classroom we can make children sing songs of their home language and find similar idioms and proverbs that mean almost the same thing in each language.

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I think the best way to do activities in different languages is to sing songs from international pop stars, watch films in the original language, play games with simple words, browse newspapers and comment on the photos.

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Plurilingualism is a reality in most classes; it could be developed making educational-play activities  and overcoming the several doubts many times exposed by parents, colleagues and the same students . However, it’s not possible to do it for all activities: writing activity, for example, is impracticable  with the iconic code languages other than that latin.

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I teach math. I'm used to let the multilingual pupils to count in their home language. I found that the schoolmates get very interested and their try to learn the new words using them also in diverse situations

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As mentioned earlier, I do the parts of the body and the names of the various sports in English and when children from different backgrounds are present in other languages. I have in mind to make the students learn the national anthems in English of the various European countries, the children seem very interested.

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Ioana MihaelaImplementation of classroom activitiesRoutines, transitionsI subscribe to those presented in the video, pointing to: language troubles, fun alphabet, counts, riddles.These fireworks can be incorporated into the formal curriculum.

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Ioana MihaelaImplementation of classroom activitiesRoutines, transitionsI subscribe to those presented in the video, pointing to: language troubles, fun alphabet, counts, riddles.These fireworks can be incorporated into the formal curriculum.

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Romania

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i would like to take my students to library and ask them to take their respective books which they want to read. i would also ask them to have a look in newspaper daily, red magazines etc.

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I teach English as a foreign language to teenagers who are not always so willing to share aspects which regard their native languages.  We sometimes compare words to see if there are simularities but it is difficult to go beyond that.  I hope this course will help me to do better in the future.

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Starting a collection of books, magazines and other reading materials in the languages that my students speak and add those items to their reading corner.

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Mandeep kaur
I’m totally agree, the minds of little ones are
So soft and pure, we can mould our students
According to our wishes. Using carols, song ,
rhymes are the great idea in the clasd

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Especially at the little ones, I use songs, carols, that we could sing in many languages.

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I do agree with the idea of singing songs in different languages or pupils can be asked to share their holiday experiences. We can make them aware of different cultures by showing photographs that belongsto a particular region and using both regional as well as formal language for description.

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My task is to teach them a foreign language and not a mixture of languages…

HOWEVER USE IS  VERY HELPFUL TO TEACH  languages in classroom routines like singing birthday songs or counting children in the line to the canteen in a different language.

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onia in Ireland

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Two years ago I tought in a second grade class in Bologna. There were half of my pupils that came from another country. So, with my colleagues, we decided to celebrate every culture established the "Day of the Language". Every family brought a typical dish of its country and we spent the afternoon tighter talking one to each other.

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I think it would be interesting to involve the students in the study of songs and movies with subtitles. Then the students would be asked to repeat the words or espressions they memoirized listening and reading the subtitles.

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There are a wide range of classroom activities that can help students recognize the essential humanity and value of different types of languages and people. For instance, providing students with an opportunity to share stories of their home life, such as family holiday practices, provides fellow students with a window into their peer’s cultural traditions.
Another thing you can do is show your students everyday photographs of people of different ethnicities, shapes, sizes, and garb.

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The best way to practice different languages is singing songs, playing games with simple words, showing photos of students' trips to different countries and let them talk about what they discoverd there: new words, culture, lifestyle.

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I think students would like to be in control of the class at some point. It would be a challenge for them to to teach each other through interesting activities like creating bilingual dictionaries with the new words and expressions they learn every day. I think these kind of activities will make them more active in the class.

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new word, new activities, different studies, each day activity

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I give homework it covers some new words to learn and they are supposed to use the new words daily.

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new words each day activity, quiz, facts of different states

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The idea of ​​giving vocabularies and basing oneself on those can be very nice,  it's nice to have a playful and multisensory approach to do activities with songs, nursery rhymes to ementari and maybe to middle schools with many conglomerations on real material comparing the two languages, it takes a lot of commitment and small classes

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I have some short and occasionaly experience in this but it's interesting

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I have experience with KEY words in English whose roots are in latin. And Spanish derives from Latin. But this was really for an English for Special Purposes class at university, where I was teaching English for Librarianship and Chemical Engineering. Students were in Lima, Peru. Some students hated English the first days of class, and saw it as a cultural intruder. So at the beginning of every class I introduced a dosis of new words (useful for their specialty) and had some dialogues (role playing) and grammar activities. So in the long run as they recognized the same parenting for terminology, their prejudgment disappeared.

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the advantages of bilingualism are essentially social, as the comparison with other languages ​​enriches one's baggage. the proposed methodologies are simple to implement in a multilingual classroom but also when working essentially to enhance communication in the mother tongue

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In my opinion what Nell proposes is a practical practice which can easily be adopted in classrooms. With my class whenever we tackle various topics, such as, animals or shapes, we tackle them using the different languages which we have in class. At times we also include sign language even if none of the children are hard of hearing or deaf, but I feel that it is always a good opportunity that children are versatile and if they happen to meet a deaf child, they will have the tools for communication.

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among the activities that I remember best and that can represent multilingual activities there are the realization of recipes: I often saw guys who mixed languages and linguistic registers during cooking activities: it improved mood and participation. often the assigned activities were successful and among them the students became more disposable, as if diversity also taught them compassion, that is, knowing how to put oneself in the shoes of the other's effort in communicating

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I think giving students the chance to be in control of the class might be be a good option as they can teach each other through challenging activities like creating bilingual dictionaries of the most common words and expressions.

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I think that songs in different languages are good activities. 

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I think that songs in different languages are good activities. 

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Creating a vocabulary with key words in different languages is a successful idea. The activity of reflecting on the construction of phrase.

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In secondary or higher education, students who share the same home languages could be encouraged to draw multilingual glossaries of key concepts of certain subjects, like history or economics.

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Every day vocabulary or vocabulary concerning classroom language as well as songs and poems are some good techniques in a multilingual environment. Moreover, I think projects which require collaboration and taking up roles can be of greater help to students as they will have more space to work, communicate, exchange ideas and feel free to use thir mother tongue as well.

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I used tongue twisters in different languages, happy birthday songs, greetings, counting (also gestures change!), key words or small fixed sentences according to the topic  in order to think about the structure of a language, but also sound of words that can be linked to the meaning (it works in different languages).
For example to teach Italian to my Chinese students I refer to radicals into Chinese words in order to explain them how words are build up in Italian (root + suffixes).
While doing this activity I always ask them if there is also a cultural meaning behind a specific use of the language (maybe it's easier with teenagers or adult people... but also children can give us interesting suggestions).

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All of Nell's examples are very useful ad effective activities: creating lessons involvig the use of the different languages, incorporating the languages in the activities and in the classroom routine and creatig plurilingual projects: all of them succeed in turning pupils into active participants of the learning experience which is at the same time a starting point and a purpose of the educational experience.

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Asking our bilingual or multilingual students how to ask for a sheet, to be quiet... those common phrases we could find at every class. We can use those phrases in different languages in different days of the week, for example, Mondays in English, Wednesday in sign language...

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I teach in a technical school. My students meet words from different languages in their learning and I asked them to note the language these words came from. We write greetings in their native language for holidays Easter, Valentine's Day, etc. I think it is hard to apply for every class.

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I teach in a technical school. My students  like very much the laboratory experiences. Once I asked them to create poster which illustrated a dictionary of the different lab tools with important safety rules as well. It was written into italian, english and all the native languages of other students countries

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Linguistic diversity can be integrated in a student- centered classroom.

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when  going out with my 7y old students I ask my two billingual student to name different things in their own language. I also see other students asking them the names and than trying to pronounce new words ...

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I teach in a professional school and students  like the laboratory practice. I could suggest them to create on our padlet class a sort on illustrated dictionary of different tools with some important safety rules at work. It could be written into italian, english and into the native language of other the students. This activity will surely help everyone, expecially in creating a collaborative and ideal work in team, just as at work

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classroom activities will also be different and a healthy competition will be there between students. many students of my class like to watch movies in their native language which encourages other students to learn some keywords .

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I've never worked in a multicultural classroom, but I think it would be a good idea to invite the students to explain first in italian and in english their favourite hobby or subjects; then they could translate theese themes in their native language, so that the boys can express their best self and experience a positive and encouraging comparison with their peers. During the activity they would be followed by a cultural mediator and the teacher. This will be functional to become familiar with the new language and to become aware of the richness of linguistic diversity.

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I worked with my multicultural classroom to create a dictionary with words and pictures. Working in this way I could valorize the original culture and in the same time I could help the children to their first approach to Italian language, as well as to learn a specific terminology  of school subjects. To the very yang people, work wery well to introduce the simple songs translatable in different languages.

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Basing in the idea of presenting a few words from the lesson in two or three languages... I'm thinking that maybe is a good idea that when we study the countries of Europe, studentes had to write the name in the language this country speaks and select a word (such as "good morning" or "thank you") for being translated by students.

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Unfortunately, I have not known how to create an interesting way to work for these students. There are no problems with the English or French student, but for the Moroccans :( That is the reason why I am here today.

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We made posters with greetings in different languages, flags ,count and write numbers in differenti languages. I‘ve never planned a “ real “ activity .

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Odete Teixeira, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal

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Odete Teixeira, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal

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I’ve never created a lesson which embedded linguistic diversity, but I loved Nell’s suggestions: present, for example, some key words for the lesson in 2 or 3 languages; use different languages in classroom routines like singing birthday songs or counting children in the line to the canteen in a different language. These are very simple ideas and I’m sure they’ll love!

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I haven,t had much experience with mixed classes. A few years ago I had one child from Siria. When I have to explai some concepts that they also learn in their countries I use him to explain using another language.

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I don't have any experience with that,but I like Nell's ideas.I think they can help us to reach our goals.

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IRENE – GUARDA, PORTUGAL                I often use videos and audios during my classes, and not always all the students understand it. So, I try to motivate those who do to help the others, and they really enjoy it. I believe that using audios and videos helps them to learn and communicate, because they feel more motivated when they ear and see things that are part of their lives.To better understand them, students can translate, can use gestural language to help the others to understand what they are listening / seeing. It’s a strategy that works!

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IRENE – GUARDA, PORTUGAL                I often use videos and audios during my classes, and not always all the students understand it. So, I try to motivate those who do to help the others, and they really enjoy it. I believe that using audios and videos helps them to learn and communicate, because they feel more motivated when they ear and see things that are part of their lives.To better understand them, students can translate, can use gestural language to help the others to understand what they are listening / seeing. It’s a strategy that works!

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I went with my kids at literature's museum and i put foreign lstudents to find and explain us about somme native writers. It was nice, interesting and amazing!

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In my classroom, I want  to do an activity like when they are watching movie and they are not able to understand.
then the language of some students who understands can help them to translate it into a common language which create a multilingual environment.

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Last year I did some multilanguage lessons with my Sirian Student.for example at the beginning of the year we wrote in a poster the greetings in Italian, English, French and Sirian and we all repeated them everyday. we did also other activities where we compared the different languages This year we are going to go on this way to learn foreign languages.

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I did not do any kind of activities like what Nell described. But it reminded me of other activities to do in the context of daily routine. For example, kids could learn to say "can I go to the toilet?" in several languages or "can I drink?" or "I did not understand, can you repeat?" would be a way to include the different languages to the whole class

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To encourage a multicultural learning environment, usually I invite my students to give the abstract and 3 or 4 key words of lesson in different languages.

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I agree with Nell. I also do the same , i asked to the students to find out the meaning of keywords and to implement them in classroom with classmates and teachers.

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I do not have any foreign students,in fact I have but they learned Turkish.they are curious about what their friends said and what the words mean.I should organise lots of activities to be able to show the usage of languages

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I had a similar experience with Nell a few times. In order to use the language diversity within the classroom, games, presentations, screenings and posters can be prepared. everyone says a song in their own language in the classroom. then says using the school language in the classroom. they're singing together.

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My experience with linguistic diversity is poor because I don't have foreign students in my class. But it's a fact that they present some words form different languages during my lessons. They are curious what the words mean, even if they are not in English. I think that I should organise a day with languages and show my students some expressions or words which they can remember.