The focus of this year’s pre-conference is a continuation of the work/goals started last year: a) to discuss the coordination and implementation of MT programmes at the different AGIS schools ways, b) to enrich intercultural understanding and global citizenship, building on the multilingual backgrounds of our students and community, c) to foster, develop and enhance multilingual pedagogies, d) fostering an inclusive, whole-school multilingual approach to teaching and learning (for MT students and all students)
10:00 - Session 1:
Introduction: coordination and implementation of MT programmes at the different AGIS schools
12:00 - Lunch
13:00 – Session 2:
The bilingual/multilingual brain: latest research and its implications for our mother tongue programmes: How can we inform parents/colleagues better about the importance of Mother Tongue development?
15:00 – Coffee/Tea Break
15:30 – Session 3:
Round table session: * questions and answers * sharing best practice of multilingual approaches/translanguaging * planning next steps
