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Metaphor, Language(s) and Thought
Today I was looking at a list of oxymorons. It was a playful list that had been made for English language learning purposes.
Marianne Turner
Mar 13


Multilingualism as a Resource: Language Portraits and Linguistic Repertoire
As a teacher of Italian and a teacher educator, I have the privilege to work with students from many different cultural and linguistic
Elena Pirovano
Dec 19, 2024


How Breaking Language Barriers Transformed My Reading Course
Dr. Fatemeh Khonamri University of Mazandaran I used to believe that the best way to teach a reading course in an Iranian context was to...
Fatemeh Khonamri
Dec 5, 2024


Differentiation and language diversity
Differentiation is key to meeting teaching and learning objectives at school. Some students need extra help to reach required achievement...
Marianne Turner
Oct 10, 2024


Reflections on multilingualism and language learning in Indonesia
Indonesia has more than 700 languages, with Bahasa Indonesia (or simply Bahasa) being the official one. From the westernmost Sabang in...
Gede Putrawan
Aug 26, 2024


Home language maintenance, literacy and school-based learning
Bilingualism is difficult to define. We often go with a feeling more than anything. That person is bilingual. I’d like to be bilingual,...
Marianne Turner
Aug 16, 2024


Translanguaging and code-switching
Have you ever secretly thought that people invent a term so it sounds like something new and exciting, but it’s actually no different to...
Marianne Turner
Jul 26, 2024


Home languages in schools: Students, families and teachers learning together
This website is one output of a joint project between Queensland University of Technology and The Queensland Department of Education....
Marianne Turner
Jul 20, 2024


Planning versus controlling language use
Navigating language use in the classroom can be challenging.
Marianne Turner
Jul 17, 2024


Plurilingual resource map: Primary and secondary classrooms
This resource map is designed to support the uptake of plurilingual strategies in primary and secondary school settings in Australia....
Marianne Turner
Jun 29, 2024


Translation, translanguaging, and EFL learning
In this entry, I’m going to talk about the differences between translation and translanguaging and whether or not these two notions can...
Gede Putrawan
Jun 29, 2024


Learning through languages: Plurilingual strategies for primary classrooms
Click here  to access a Victorian Department of Education webpage that gives examples of teachers and students working with plurilingual...
Marianne Turner
Jun 16, 2024
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