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I do apologise for my slightly negative and too early contribution, last week, but I am grateful to have received yet another fascinating read, from a curriculum manager with some sound research, published prestigiously. Michael, as a teacher of bilingual children, I was one of those who advocated multi-linguilism in their homes, and have recently taught parents in a school, who are being requested to be mono-lingual which I disagree with as an approach, although I understand why teachers at all levels encourage the use of English. I applaud those who can speak in other languages. A more positive example from me in further education, was a colleague using Google translate to make mathematical terms easier for her learners, only to be caught by a friendly, critical eye of another colleague. Apparently, there were some mis-translations and some inaccurate letters produced. The second colleague handwrote some Persian translations and the first colleague and I started to count up the other colleagues who could provide translations. This is the sort of thing I would do with bi- mutli- lingual parents as part of a project in an inner-London nursery school in the nineties. The line from the discussants that resonated most with me this week was about teacher training and being taught techniques for multi-language teaching. I have also learnt about this from colleagues. I have let the mutilingual voices resonate in classrooms this week and when they reach a certain pitch I guess that they are no longer improving the learning of English. From the TLANG readings, I shall also retain 'keeping it meaningful'. Thank you very much for mental stimulation. From: ESOL-Research discussion forum and message board [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ESOL-RESEARCH automatic digest system Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 12:03 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: ESOL-RESEARCH Digest - 1 Feb 2017 (#2017-27) <http://www.lsoft.com> LISTSERV mailing list manager <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?LIST=ESOL-RESEARCH> LISTSERV 16.0 ESOL-RESEARCH Digest - 1 Feb 2017 (#2017-27) Table of contents: * TLang ESOL-Research e-seminar (3) * NATECLA North West Mini Conference - still time to book! 1. TLang ESOL-Research e-seminar o TLang ESOL-Research e-seminar From: Emilee Moore De Luca < <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]> o Re: TLang ESOL-Research e-seminar From: "Jessica Bradley [RPG]" < <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]> o Re: TLang ESOL-Research e-seminar From: Michael Gilbey < <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]> 2. NATECLA North West Mini Conference - still time to book! o NATECLA North West Mini Conference - still time to book! From: Laura Plotnek-Jones < <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]> Browse the <https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?LIST=ESOL-RESEARCH> ESOL-RESEARCH online archives. <http://www.lsoft.com/products/default.asp?item=secured-by-FS&host=JISCMAIL. AC.UK&wa=https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin> Anti-Virus Filter <http://www.lsoft.com/products/listserv-powered.asp> Powered by the LISTSERV Email List Manager *********************************** ESOL-Research is a forum for researchers and practitioners with an interest in research into teaching and learning ESOL. ESOL-Research is managed by James Simpson at the Centre for Language Education Research, School of Education, University of Leeds. To join or leave ESOL-Research, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ESOL-RESEARCH.html To contact the list owner, send an email to [log in to unmask]