Parents as Language Partners: 

Supporting Bilingualism at Home

Speaker: Eowyn Crisfield

 

Children can and do become successfully bilingual through immersion in a new language at school. The main role of the teachers and school is to help children grow and develop in their school language. However, parents also have a crucial role to play in the child’s bilingual journey, in partnership with the school.

On 23^rd September at 8.30am, we will be holding our Language Acquisition Information Morning. At this time the EAL, Mother Tongue and Dutch departments will be available to explain our programmes, and answer your questions.

 

This year we have a special presentation from a very experienced researcher and speaker; Eowyn Crisfield. Eowyn's session will look at the key elements of the parent's role in school-based bilingualism, and help parents understand their role in their children’s bilingual development. Parents will also learn about key strategies in planning for success and how to apply these to their own families.

Eowyn Crisfield is a Canadian-educated specialist (BA TEFL, MA Applied Linguistics) in teaching English as a second/foreign language, teacher-training and bilingualism. Since 2003, she has specialised in the area of parent and teacher education for bilingualism. Eowyn is an accredited educational consultant and works with schools in the Netherlands and abroad, and works as a lecturer in pre-service teacher education.