MULTILINGUALISM

IN THE CLASSROOM

Kaye Purificacion
Jamie Anne N. Tabuyo
 CONTENTS
01 Multilingualism

02 Needs of Multilingualism

Advantages and Disadvantages of Multilingual

03 Classrooms

Using Multilingualism as Resource in the

04 Class
MULTILINGUALISM
Definition and Examples
MULTILINGUALISM

Multilingualism is a powerful linguistic

phenomenon, which evolves from the need to
communicate across speech communities.

Multilingualism is the ability to speak more

than one language either by an individual speaker
or by
MORE a community
THEN MOREof speakers. MORE THEN
THEN
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MULTI-LINGUAL PERSON

A multilingual person is one who can communicate

in more than one language, be it actively (through
speaking, writing, or signing) or passively through
listening, reading, or perceiving. Multilingual person is
also known as polyglot.
 MULTI-LINGUAL PERSON

The word Polyglot is

derived from two Greek
words:

 Poly- means many

 Glotta- means languages.
 EXAMPLE

• A student belongs to a Bengali family but living in

Delhi.
• In school, his first language is English, second
language is Hindi.
• In family, he talks in Bengali.
• So the student deals with three languages (which is
known as trilingual) with almost equal efficiency.
• In that way, the student becomes a multi-lingual
person.
 NEEDS OF
MULTILINGUALISM
Increases vocabulary
and Tolerance and Broadens
effectiveness of Personal respect Job
speech. Mobility employment
Growth towards other
cultures opportunities

NEEDS OF MULTILINGUALISM TODAY

ADVANTAGES OF
MULTILINGUAL
CLASSROOM
 ADVANTAGES OF MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOM

Speaking more than one

language is better
Multilingual classrooms for your brain.
Foster essential 21st Century
skills

Multilingualism
connects
Multilingual children communities
are more emphatic.
 DISADVANTAGES OF MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOM

There might be a lack Studying new language

of skilled educators 01 02 can shift the focus
in your community. of a student.

It requires a complete You can start to mix

immersion in the 04 03 the different languages
language to be effective. together
as you speak.
USING MULTILINGUALISM
AS A RESOURCE
IN CLASS
 Different language of different students
will be used creativity in classroom.
Students will have exposure to
different languages and their sound system,
phonological pattern at the same time.

 Student will learn about rules of different

Languages that will help to sharpen their skills
of observing, deducing and reasoning and also
enhancing their linguistic and cognitive
faculty.
 The multilingual environment itself will act as a
motivation to learn English as the common
means of communication. So the ESL (English
as second Language) that will ultimately turn
the ESL into a socialized community.

 The level of involvement and participation will

increase if the students are asked to contribute
by sharing language data of their mother
tongue.
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YOU