Patani Malay teachers and supervisors use the MTB MLE curriculum to develop lesson plans for their programme.( Thailand) © Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand
Reading and learning materials. When MTB MLE students learn to read, they want many books! Implementers of successful MTB MLE programmes make materials development a priority from the beginning. They recruit and build the capacity of fluent MT speakers to write, illustrate and edit reading and other learning materials that the students will use as they progress through each grade.
Experiences in many MLE programmes have shown that students do not require expensive MT reading materials. Neatly printed booklets with simple line drawings are acceptable, especially in early grades. 8
MTB MLE RESOURCE KIT Including the Excluded: Promoting Multilingual Education
Graded reading materials for the Gawri MTB MLE program( Pakistan) © Forum for Language Initiatives, Pakistan
8 A resource for developing MT graded reading materials can be found at http:// bloomlibrary. org / landing.
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