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Multilingual Children and Heritage Language Maintenance
21 February 2018, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Froso Argyri discusses issues relevant to heritage language maintenance, the importance of literacy skills in the heritage language as well as implications for families and the school context.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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Froso Argyri
Location
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Islington Assembly Hall
This talk on learning more than one language in childhood is part of an event in Islington to celebrate International Mother Language Day.
In 1999, UNESCO proclaimed February 21st to be International Mother Language Day. Islington Mother Tongue & Supplementary Schools Partnership (MTSSP), together with Islington Schools, on Wednesday 21st February to celebrate their children’s linguistic heritage at the Islington Assembly Hall in Upper Street.