Q8
Can it be done? Can strong MTB MLE programmes be established and sustained?
Throughout the world, and in spite of many challenges, the number of MTB MLE programmes is growing. The lesson we can learn from those experiences is that when government agencies work in partnership with non-government organizations and language communities, they can develop and sustain strong MTB MLE programmes. And surely, when“ Education for All” also includes children in minority language communities, the results will be worth the effort.
Multilingual education is, at its best,( 1) multilingual in that it uses and values more than one language in teaching and learning,( 2) intercultural in that it recognizes and values understanding and dialogue across different lived experiences and cultural worldviews, and( 3) education that draws out, taking as its starting point the knowledge students bring to the classroom and moving toward their participation as full and indispensable actors in society— locally, nationally, and globally( Hornberger, 2009, p. 2).
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