Stark lesson in mother tongues

[Francis Hult]

The Guardian Weekly

 

Stark lesson in mother tongues

 

Developing countries are unlikely to meet UN targets for improving education because of the widespread marginalisation of students' first languages, which results in teaching ­being delivered in languages that children struggle to understand or to use ­effectively.

 

This is the stark warning issued by the UK charity Save the Children and the Centre for British Teachers (CfBT), the international not-for-profit education consultancy, in a joint report published last month.

 

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