Keynote presentation at the 5th Language and Development Conference (2016) in Bangkok.
Questions and some answers about Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education
Rationale for and main features of MTB-MLE.
Definitions of literacy and why they are important
Challenges to MTB-MLE consultants, trainers, and curriculum developers, to examine our definitions of literacy and purposes for supporting MTB-MLE in non-dominant language communities.
Graphics that help to communicate MTB-MLE principles and practices
Seven slides that communicate seven essential features of MTB-MLE programs.
L’Education Multilingue basée sur la “langue maternelle”
Overview of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education. (French)
MTB MLE Resource Kit: Including the Excluded: Promoting Multilingual Education (English version)
2016, 2018. UNESCO, Bangkok: Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All.
This resource was developed to support non-dominant language communities and their supporting government and non-government partners in planning, implementing, and supporting bilingual and multilingual education programmes. The kit includes five booklets:
Overview of the Kit (includes a glossary of terms)
Language in Education Policy in Asia and the Pacific
Booklet for Policy Makers
Booklet for Programme Implementers
Booklet for Community Members
The Kit is available in two languages in addition to English:
Advocacy Kit for Promoting Multilingual Education: Including the Excluded (English 2007)
UNESCO Bangkok: Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All.
This resource was developed for policymakers, education practitioners, and specialists who want to improve education for children in non-dominant language communities. It will also be helpful for speakers of ethnic minority languages who want to improve the education situation in their own communities.
The 2007 Resource Kit contains five booklets:
Overview of this MTB MLE Resource Kit
Booklet for Policy Makers
Booklet for Programme Implementers
Booklet for Community Members
Case Studies Booklet
This Kit is available in six languages in addition to English:
Burmese 2015 (Policy Makers Booklet Only)