SYTL Language Adventures - Flipbook - Page 5
Language Adventures: Embracing Languages and Cultures in Primary School
Section 1
A whole-school approach
1.1 Reflection
To renect efectively on your own school context, you might ond it useful to
consider the prompts below…
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How would you describe your own 8linguistic identity9?
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What do you know about the linguistic backgrounds of your pupils?
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Are pupils in your school encouraged to express their cultural identities and
to use diferent languages?
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Do you notice a sense of pride when pupils express themselves in other
languages?
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Do you experience pupils9 interest and/or curiosity to learn about diferent
cultures?
1.2 Rationale and supporting pedagogies
Identity is shaped by the environments that people grow up in and their social
interactions. From birth, children learn through gestures, intonations, and
expressions in interaction and also by observing and imitating. Due to the
inextricable connection between language and culture, as Professor David Little
describes, a child9s home language is the
