In a world where migration is a daily reality, the ways in which affirming educational experiences can be provided for all children remain high on the agendas of schools, colleges and teachers. This book provides practical ideas for how children, young people and parents can feel welcomed and affirmed in their multilingual identities and all learners can feel intrigued and excited by the linguistic diversity of the world's people. The book will be an invaluable resource for educational practitioners, researchers, trainee teachers, teacher educators and all who are passionate about bringing together creative arts approaches with language learning and teaching. By blending academic theory with tried-and-tested classroom practice the authors will inspire readers to adapt the featured activities for their own contexts and learners.
Jane Andrews is Professor of Education at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Her research focuses on multilingualism and learning and parental involvement in learning. She is a trained secondary school teacher specialising in EAL.
Maryam Almohammad is an educator in language and intercultural communication at the Institute for Language Education, the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research and teaching focus on interculturality, intercultural citizenship, language, identities, art, creativity and power. She draws upon ethnographic research, sociological theories of practice, art-based methods and uses critical, postmodernist and posthumanist approaches.
Title: Creating Welcoming Learning Environments: Using Creative Arts Methods in Language Classrooms
Author: Maryam Almohammad,Jane Andrews
ISBN: 9781788925785
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Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Publication Date: 2022-06-09
Number of Pages: 160
Weight: 0.3176 kg
This volume is a great source of fascinating ideas for teachers, researchers and other professionals working with EAL children and young people. It is about creating welcoming learning environments by bringing together theoretical insights, transformative practices and artistic content. The ideas are easily adaptable and will definitely inspire future readers to create their own activities and welcoming environments. * Annamaria Pinter, University of Warwick, UK *
This inspiring research-to-practice book brings together multiple voices from the field of multilingual research and teaching. It presents readers with creative, innovative, and empowering endeavours which honour multilingualism and multilingual identities. Arts-based approaches are foregrounded as examples of critical socio-cultural pedagogies that facilitate the intentional disruption of monolingual classroom norms. There is something for everyone in here. * Naomi Flynn, University of Reading, UK *
This book is a thoughtful curation of educationalists' case studies of creative activities together with an analysis of the 'Creating Welcoming Learning Environments' workshops which inspired them. For teachers wanting to build on the rich cultural and linguistic capital represented by their EAL pupils, this book provides the underpinning research and a wealth of practical ideas and inspiration to welcome and create together! * Catherine Brennan, Director, Better Bilingual CIC *
