"From mother-tongue to many tongues" is the title of my article in the current issue of the magazine Teacher Plus. The essay argues that a mother-tongue based multilingual education is both necessary and do-able.
The editors gave me a thousand-word limit. Listing all the references would have eaten up a large part of that word limit. So, I've re-published the article (with minor changes, and all the references) on my website. Do read "From mother-tongue to many tongues".
Comments, as always, welcome!
Crazy bone
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One of the students in my class — all from China — hit her elbow on the
edge of her desk and grimaced. I asked her, "Did you hit your crazy bone?"
She did...
1 hour ago