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"Am I still multilingual if I’m not fluent?”

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THEN

YOU ARE

MULTILINGUAL

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WAM arises out of the work on multilingual identity carried out by the Education Strand of the MEITS project (Multilingualism Empowering Individuals Transforming Societies).

 

Visit our main site here www.meits.org

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OUR VISION:

To encourage everyone to recognise the languages they have and be able to say:

“WE ARE MULTILINGUAL”

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“YES - you can still say

“I AM MULTILINGUAL”!

It only matters that you can do something in another language!”

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"Am I still multilingual if I’m not fluent?”

DID YOU KNOW?

People who study a language score highest on tests of mental ability

“It improved the children’s understanding that learning a language was a process and just because they weren’t hugely successful Spanish speakers at that particular moment in time, didn’t mean that they weren’t legitimate in their attempts to speak Spanish” (Teacher, London)

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"I used to think that learning a language was pointless and long. Now I think that languages are useful and worth the long time."(Student, London)

DID YOU KNOW?

Having another language makes you more creative

DID YOU KNOW?

Languages are good for your brain: people who speak languages can problem-solve better

DID YOU KNOW?

Learning a language makes you more empathetic and better at conflict resolution

DID YOU KNOW?

Learning a language gives you better communicative skills

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