This compilation includes programmes which promote language and culture as resources and see them as an added value rather than a challenge for literacy teaching and learning. It also includes programmes designed to support migrants and refugees by equipping them for integration into mainstream society while strengthening their literacy skills in their native language. The description of each program provides an overview followed by information on the context and background, aims and objectives, implementation approaches and methodologies, outcomes and impact, challenges and potential solution
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This compilation includes programmes which promote language and culture as resources and see them as an added value rather than a challenge for literacy teaching and learning. It also includes programmes designed to support migrants and refugees by equipping them for integration into mainstream society while strengthening their literacy skills in their native language. The description of each program provides an overview followed by information on the context and background, aims and objectives, implementation approaches and methodologies, outcomes and impact, challenges and potential solutions, sustainability, and lessons learned. One of the important lessons which emerges from this publication is that the success of multilingual and multicultural approaches to literacy depends on participatory decision-making and the involvement of local communities in all stages of programme design and implementation.
Edited excerpts from publications.
The contents are as follows: Foreword; Introduction - Empowering through culture and language: literacy in multilingual and multicultural contexts. Section one, 'Africa', contains the following chapters: Burkina Faso: Bilingual Education Programme; Chad: Mother-tongue literacy in the Guera Region; Cote d'Ivoire: I am learning your tongue, you are learning my tongue, we are understanding each other, tomorrow belongs to us; Ethiopia: eBooks and Family Literacy Programme; Mozambique: Literacy in Local Language: a springboard for gender equality; Senegal: the Tostan Community Empowerment Programme; South Africa: Kha Ri Gude Adult Literacy Programme; Uganda: Mother tongue-based education in Northern Uganda. Section two, 'Arab States', contains: Morocco: Functional Literacy Programme of Women of the Argan Cooperative through Amazigh (Berber) language DVDs. Section three, 'Asia and the Pacific', contains: Indonesia: Isirawa Language Revitalization Programme (ILRP - Papua); New Zealand: Wananga embedded literacy; Pakistan: Parkari Community Development Programme; Thailand: Patani Malay-Thai bilingual/multilingual education; Thailand: Bilingual Education Programme. Section four, 'Europe and North America', contains: Sweden: family learning; Switzerland: Tell me a story; USA: Plazas Comunitarias. Section five, 'Latin America', contains: Ecuador: Proyecto de Educacion de Jovens y Adultos; Mexico: Bilingual Literacy for Life; Paraguay: Nane Ne'e; Peru: ATEK Reading Comprehension.
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