Script
Second language( L2)
Supervisors
Transfer
Transition
Writing system
The type of symbols that represent a particular language. Examples of scripts used in Asia are Thai, Devanagari, Arabic and Roman.
Language that is not a person’ s mother tongue but one they learned after their first language. A person can learn a second language at home, in the community, in school, at work or in places where they need to interact with people outside their own linguistic group.
Educational officials responsible for visiting, evaluating and supporting teachers in the classroom.
The process of using the knowledge and skills students have learned in one language to achieve the same knowledge and skills in another language.
In education, shifting the language used for instruction in school. In weak MTB MLE programs,“ transition” means moving students out of their MT and into the official school language.
The system used to visually represent a spoken language; includes the choice of script, choice of letters and symbols to represent the sounds or meanings of the language, and the choice of punctuation.
MTB MLE RESOURCE KIT Including the Excluded: Promoting Multilingual Education
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