PhD Student, University of York
I'm a final-year PhD student at the University of York researching language attitudes in primary schools. I'm particularly interested in primary teachers' readiness to recognise and use pupils' home languages in the classroom.
Hundreds of languages are spoken in the UK, but this isn't always reflected in the classroom
Aug 21, 2017 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views
More than 300 different languages are now spoken in British schools. And in England, over 20% of primary school children use English as an additional language. This equates to over 900,000 children for whom English is...
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