Inclusive Plurilingual Practice

Use languages as resources for participation

Related Moodle course: Plurilingual Pedagogy — explore multilingual resources, translanguaging and classroom activities. This optional extension is not required for this section.

Plan a meaningful English language action and consider where familiar languages, language comparison or mediation could support access. Do not infer a child’s thinking from one English response.

Explore CAST: language and symbols and respect across languages and dialects. Check the source link in the collection if the latter page has moved.

Try it with the mascot task

1. Allow a learner to clarify the choice in a familiar language or with a trusted communication partner.
2. Provide the English words needed to communicate that choice.
3. Distinguish evidence of understanding from evidence of independent English production.

Continue: Cognitive load and language demands connects a classroom case with research references. Discuss critically: the linked “Language and cognitive load” item in the collection is a social-media reflection, not a diagnostic tool or a research review. Which further observations would be needed to evaluate its claim?