MEITS - Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies: Recent submissions
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Policy Briefing on Languages, Business, Trade and Innovation
(2020-07-01)In this Briefing we highlight key messages from these sectors around the importance of having high-level language and intercultural skills in the workforce and we make a series of recommendations designed to support the ... -
Why and how to integrate non-standard linguistic varieties into education: Cypriot Greek in Cyprus and the UK
(2020-06)Greek Cypriot education remains largely oriented towards promoting standard language ideologies and only accepts Standard Greek as the language of teaching and learning. • Cypriot Greek, the pupils’ home variety, is ... -
Assessing Young Children from Diverse Backgrounds: Novel Ways to Measure Language Abilities and Meet the Requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
(2020-06)This paper examines the communication, language and literacy assessment required by the 2017 Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the challenges from this mandate in particular: ‘If a child ... -
Parental Perceptions and Decisions Regarding Maintaining Bilingualism in Autism.
(Springer Nature, 2020-05-09)A growing body of evidence suggests that bilingual exposure does not negatively impact children on the autism spectrum. This study sought to illuminate parents’ perceptions and choices regarding maintaining bilingualism ...
