AWARENESS RAISING & MOBILIZATION

Awareness-raising and mobilization for language and education in non-dominant language communities 

Importance of awareness-raising for MTB-MLE with suggestions for mobilization at local, sub-national, national, and international levels.

Identifying and mobilizing partners
Graphic showing the interaction of agencies and organizations needed for successful and sustained MTB-MLE programs. 

Research-based arguments for MTB-MLE
Common misperceptions about MTB-MLE and research-based arguments that support strong programs.

Education in ethnic minority communities: Questions to consider and problems to solve
Presentation at UNESCO’s 60th Anniversary celebration, Bangkok, 2005.

When "Education for All" includes everyone
Advocacy for MTB-MLE at the World Bank, 2001.

Planning Mother Tongue-based education programs in minority language communities
See Chapter 3: Mobilization

MTB-MLE Resource Kit: Including the Excluded: Promoting Multilingual Education 

UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok. 2018.

1. Overview of this MTB MLE Resource Kit

2. Booklet for Policy Makers

3. Booklet for Programme Implementers

4. Booklet for Community Members

5. Case Study Booklet 

Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education: including the excluded 

UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok.

Book 1 introduces the set.
Book 2 describes language and education policy and practice in Asia and the Pacific.
Book 3 describes good practices for developing inclusive education policies.
Book 4 focuses on program implementation.
Book 5 describes the role of community members in developing and sustaining strong programs.

 Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education (English 2007)

Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education (Bengali 2009)

Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education (Khmer 2007)

Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education (Lao 2007 / 2011)

Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education (Nepali 2008)

Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education (Vietnamese 2008)

Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education (Awadhi 2011)

Advocacy kit for promoting multilingual education (Turkish 2007)

Organizational cooperation to support MTB-MLE

EMiLe: Un projet d’Education Multilingue dans 12 écoles de la région de FATICK
Description of a partnership among three organizations with the Seerer community in Senegal to support MTB-MLE. Thanks to SIL International-Senegal (French)

Language and Education Conferences in the AsiaPacific region 

1st International Conference: Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education 

6-8 November 2003 in Bangkok, Thailand. https://pnglanguages.sil.org/resources/archives/6130 

2nd International Conference: Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Ethnolinguistic Communities

1-3 July 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand: https://lc.mahidol.ac.th/en/rilca-conference/the-2nd-international-conference-on-language-development-language-revitalization-and-multilingual-education-in-ethnolinguistic-communities/ 

Download papers from plenary and parallel sessions at http://www.seameo.org/_ld2008/ 

3rd International Conference: Language, Education and the Millennium Development Goals

9-11 November 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Download papers from plenary and parallel sessions at https://www.seameo.org/languagemdgconference2010/index.html 

4th International Conference: Language and Education in Asia and the Pacific. Policies, Practices and Processes 

6-8 November 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.  

5th International Conference: Sustainable Development through Multilingual Education

19-21 October 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand.

7th International Conference: Multilingual Education for Transformative Education Systems and Resilient Futures 4-6 October 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand https://www.unesco.org/sdg4education2030/en/node/157242