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‘No one took any notice of my linguistic journey’: one small step to acknowledge the value of language plurality
This comment was made by an undergraduate student studying at a university in London. The student in question was a first-generation Somali who’d come to the UK in his late teens. Like many students, he arrived at university with a … Continue reading
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Anglophone AND multilingual
Educational institutions in the Anglophone world are often portrayed as monolingual English spaces. How refreshing to come across an alternative view representing Anglophone institutions as multilingual spaces. This photo of the linguistic and cultural diversity in primary schools in Lewisham … Continue reading
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