WHAT IS A LANGUAGE FRIENDLY SCHOOL? - Dr Ellen Rose Kambel & Miriam de Oliveira

Описание: WHAT IS A LANGUAGE FRIENDLY SCHOOL?

As Dr Jim Cummins said, to ask a student to leave their language at the school door is to deny a part of their identity. Many schools understand that and are trying to make a shift to empower their students. But it can be daunting to make this change. This is where the Language Friendly School comes in. They help schools make the most of their linguistically diverse community and support this change.
Dr Ellen-Rose Kambel, co-founder of the Language Friendly School and Miriam de Oliveira, teacher at the International School of Breda, will explain how they help schools on this journey. If you would like to ask your questions directly to Dr Kambel, join us live.
(If you can’t make it live, don’t worry, you will be able to catch-up later)


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00:00 Introduction
02:00 Origins of the Rutu Foundation
08:05 What is a Language Friendly School
09:23 Students' experience from the students' perspective
11:12 Why the IS Breda became a LFS
12:41 How the LFS supports each school for their specific needs
15:49 Types of schools that are part of the LFS Network
18:35 IS Breda's Language Friendly journey
23:34 Parents' contribution
26:43 What kind of help does the LFS offers
29:25 Networking meetings
32:00 Numbers about the network
33:01 Talking to families about the necessity to maintaining the home language
34:40 Students can speak their home language in school
39:25 Milestones reached as a LFS
40:54 Process of becoming a LFS
42:31 Thank you Miriam
45:00 Is it worth joining the LFS network?
48:11 Why is it important to let students speak their home language?
51:00 Conclusion



WHO IS DR ELLEN-ROSE KAMBEL & MIRIAM DE OLIVEIRA?
Dr. Ellen-Rose Kambel is founder and director of the Rutu Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Amsterdam that promotes intercultural multilingual education. The Language Friendly School is a school label and a global network founded by the Rutu Foundation together with Dr. Le Pichon (University of Toronto) which unites schools who welcome all languages spoken by their students. Ellen-Rose is a human rights lawyer and an experienced trainer, public speaker and author of various articles and books on human rights, education, equality and linguistic and cultural inclusion.

Miriam de Oliveira, primary teacher at the International School Breda since 2018, degrees in Pedagogy, Early Years education, Inclusive education, passionate about cultures and languages. I am Brazilian, away from my home country since 2007. The ISB became a Language Friendly School in 2021 and now we are a proud Ambassador school. ISB’s mission is “We aspire to facilitate the best possible education and experience for all our students to suit their identity. We care for and value each individual in our school and we respect who we all are. We foster curiosity, confidence and love for life-long learning.”

CONNECT WITH OUR SPEAKERS
Language Friendly School Website: http://www.languagefriendlyschool.org
Rutu Foundation Website: www.rutufoundation.org
LinkedIn:   / ellenrosekambel  
LinkedIn:   / miriam-de-oliveira-2a1176178  


EVENT’S IMPORTANT LINKS:
PDF Programme of the event: https://bit.ly/GMLEvent2025prog
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ORGANISER:
This event is being organised and hosted by Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori / Library 4 Multilinguals Ltd. Yoshito is an author dedicated to empowering multilingual children through his books and the work he does in schools.

To learn more about his books and how he supports schools:
WEBSITE: www.library4multilinguals.com

If you want to support the translation of his books in various languages:
DONATION PAGE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/yoshitods