Unit 5. The Challenge of Plurilingualism for Educators

Step 4 Language and Education

This session is concentrating on summing up what you have learnt in this unit.

• • • • First review the whole unit on the Challenges of Plurilingualism for educators as a whole.
      • Note down what you consider to be the most important points.
      • Now write a summary, based on the points you have noted. This could be in the form of a report or a presentation.  To help frame your answer you could use some of the phrases suggested below or, if you prefer choose your own.

First of all, I want to say

It is quite a complex issue

On the one hand…. but on the other

For example, there is a commonly held view that.

Indeed, some people would go so far as…

There is, however, another approach…

This maintains that…

If learners are deprived of … then they will …

Inevitably this poses challenges

Nonetheless there are…

Turning a difficulty into an advantage

This does not require… but rather…

In conclusion I think….