FYI � today is International Mother Language Day.

"This year�s theme emphasizes the importance of appropriate languages of instruction, usually mother tongues, in the early years of schooling. It facilitates access to education � while promoting fairness � for population groups that speak minority and indigenous languages, in particular girls and women; it raises the quality of education and learning achievement by laying emphasis on understanding and creativity, rather than on rote and memorisation."

[please note that this is for information only � it shouldn�t be seen as an endorsement or otherwise of using L1 in the L2 classroom ]

Alex