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The Power Of Mother Tongue And Multilingual Education by Lextorah: 10:53am On Feb 16, 2016
Last year, Professor Jessica Ball presented with clarity the evidence that children learn better in their mother tongue. She explained that a child’s first language is the optimal language for early literacy and building foundational skills (UNESCO, 2008a). She also underlined that more research is needed on how best to prepare children in the early years for the mix of languages that will be used in primary school. How can we efficiently connect teaching in their mother tongue to teaching in a second language later on?

Teaching the foundational skills (early literacy and numeracy) and critical thinking in a language that the child speaks and understands is one of the most effective ways to reduce school failure and drop out in the early grades. And more importantly, these foundational skills significantly increase learning later on.



2015 is the final year to reach the Millennium Development Goals which were established in 2000. Around the globe around 250 million children are still not learning basic literacy skills, even after four years of school.

This “learning crisis” primarily affects students from the lower socio-economic quartiles, rural and isolated communities and cultural and linguistic minorities, thus compounding existing inequalities (UNESCO GMR 2013/14).

However, it is encouraging to see that the evidence that young children learn better in their mother tongue is growing and comes from developing countries themselves. To address the massive learning crisis and reduce dropout rates in early grades, several countries in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere, have introduced mother tongue instruction in preschool.

This makes schools more welcoming for parents and communities. Most importantly, it allows teachers to communicate in a language that children understand.


Ultimately, by carefully planning transition policies and programs for the second language in a multilingual education context, the mother tongue programs can reinforce inclusiveness and success for students who are most likely to drop out or
fail.

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