Multilingual Education Programs
Resources and Events
Multilingualism is increasing as the standard of the global community and in local communities alike. Emerging from this trend is a strong mandate for multilingual education (MLEd) that includes ethnic-minority languages. Worldwide, as high level policy- or decision-makers and local educators respond to the mandate, they will need to promote, develop, and implement more suitable models for MLEd, ones which will accommodate the local languages. In order to put those models into practice successfully, resources and opportunities for the community of practice are essential. The following are two such examples:
- Advocacy Kit for Promoting Multilingual Education: Including the Excluded—an introductory, overview resource
- The 2nd International Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization, and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities held 1-3 July, 2008.
See also
- Sample Multilingual Education Programs
- First International Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization, and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities
Related Resources
- Including the Excluded: A Lecture by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Empowerment of Minority Children through Education and through the Preservation of their Intangible Cultural Heritage. Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok
- Manuals offered by UNESCO
- Other Literacy Links