Mon, Feb 06, 2012

Who we are

Waltham Forest Bilingual Group aims to support families with bilingual children. All our events are open to anyone interested in multilingual issues. We aim to promote and encourage multilingualism.

More about WFBG here

Workshops

28 April 12 at 3.45 pm

"First Stage Workshop for Parents"
at Limes Children's and Community Centre in Walthamstow.

More about our workshops here

Activity Sessions

A lot of very exciting activities sessions planned for 2012 !

7 Jan 12 "multilingual stories"

4 Feb 12 "about me and my heritage"

3 Mar 12 "spring multillingual challenge"

24 Mar 12 "world map"

26 May 12 "food"

at our usual drop-in play and activity session for families in Walthamstow.

Check venue and calendar here

Growing up with Languages

Reflections on Multilingual Childhoods

By Claire Thomas

Published by Multilingual Matters - Available from 15th April 2012

Primarily aimed as a practical resource for parents, but also of interest to students and researchers because of its unique content, it includes recollections of and advice on many of the common issues or dilemmas that arise in multilingual families.

European Day of Language

Article by Claire Thomas, secretary of WFBG

Waltham Forest News, issue 27, 20 September 2010

Sunday 26 September is European Day of Languages, when people all over Europe will celebrate all the languages from all over the world that are spoken on our continent. Over 20 per cent of people in Waltham Forest speak a language other than English to a very high level, and we estimates that over 300 languages are spoken in the Borough.