The Multilingual Performance Project Workshop

Mother Tongues is a social enterprise working to promote multilingualism and intercultural dialogue in Ireland.Since our foundation in 2017 we have inspired many schools, libraries and community organisations to embrace multilingualism and act as catalysts for change, showing that Ireland welcomes all linguistic and cultural identities, and inspiring future generations of bilingual and multilingual children.Our goal is to inspire everyone in society to be open to linguistic and cultural diversity and value the benefits that multilingualism brings to individuals, communities and to our society as a whole. Children can reach their full potential by developing English alongside Irish and their family language, but to do so they need parents who are motivated to keep up their mother tongue, teachers who are positive about every language and a society that welcomes linguistic diversity in all its forms.This is why the projects we develop at Mother Tongues focus on children, by offering them opportunities to develop their language skills, parents, giving them the confidence to transmit their language to their children and teachers, enhancing their awareness of linguistically responsive practice. We work all over Ireland and collaborate with many organisations in the delivery of our programmes.

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The Multilingual Performance Project Workshop: using drama in language teaching and learning

Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre 

Join us for a CPD for teachers designed to demonstrate some simple drama activities and games to use in their classroom to promote language learning. There will be a short introduction of the Multilingual Performance Project followed by a practical workshop. We would love to welcome all teachers who have an interest in multilingualism, foreign languages and Irish; any level, any language, all welcome! The project is sponsored by Creative Multilingualism, a research programme led by the University of Oxford and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. 
Daniel Tyler-McTighe is the Director of Creative Multilingualism’s Multilingual Performance Project. As a theatre-maker he has created work with, by and for young people and community groups at the national theatres of Spain and Korea, Warsaw Palace of Culture and many UK settings. 
This year the Mother Tongues Festival has partnered with Languages Connect to offer two Continuing Professional Development courses that will equip teachers with new skills to to encourage children’s interest in languages through creative expression. Suitable for foreign language or heritage language teachers, teachers of Irish and teachers with multilingual classrooms, both at primary and secondary level. CPDs are free and they can be booked by visiting the Mother Tongues Festival website.<a href="https://mothertonguesfestival.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.mothertonguesfestival.com</a>

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