MULTILINGUAL PEDAGOGY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING – ADDRESING CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
A workshop was conducted by Macmillan Education on “ Multilingualism Pedagogy in English Language Teaching” on 13 October,2023. It was attended by Mrs. Aditi Sharma, Ms. Janvi Khurana and Mrs. Vipasha Sharma. The teachers were engaged in various activities for the inclusion of Multilingualism in a class that not only makes the class interesting, but also aims at catering the diverse needs of the classroom.
The resource person, Ms. Swati Rai, emphasized upon the importance of listening, speaking, reading and writing (LSRW), the concept of Teacher Talk Time (TTT), role plays and various interactive exercises. She also suggested various class activities that can be done to improve their communication skills.
She further discussed on the need to focus more on meaningful conversations than the structure, specially at the foundational stage. The use of crib sheets and collaborative learning was also taught. The workshop significantly contributed to the understanding and application of effective multilingual pedagogy that aims at the holistic development in English language teaching.