Debunking Myths About Multilingualism

Strategies to Support Multilingual Students and Families

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Are you ready to dispel some common myths about multilingualism?

Please join us for this informative webinar with Gabrielle Kotkov on how to support multilingual students and their families.

 

WEBINAR AGENDA

▶︎ How children acquire language

▶︎ Bilingual and multilingual language development 

▶︎ How to communicate language development and acquisition principles to parents from a Montessori perspective

▶︎ Strategies to support children in the classroom who speak multiple languages

 

THIS WEBINAR IS IDEAL FOR YOU IF

▶︎ You are concerned that children will get confused by learning multiple languages

▶︎ You’re not sure if it is too early or late to teach additional languages

▶︎ You have concerns about multilingualism causing speech delays

▶︎ You need guidance on how to support children in the classroom who speak a different home language

 

Best for teachers of the Montessori primary level (ages 3-6)

Webinar length: 55 minutes

   


About the Presenter

Gabrielle Kotkov is a Montessori educator and the creator of the Multilingual Montessori, website, Instagram account, and the host of the Multilingual Montessori Podcast. She is an AMI- trained 3-6 Montessori Guide and has worked in Montessori schools in NYC, London, and Austin, Texas. She holds a bachelor's degree in Italian from Vassar College and a TESOL Certificate from Teachers College Columbia University. She is a Fulbright Grant Alumni, during which she spent a year teaching English to Italian high-schoolers in Catania, Sicily. She has a Masters of Science in Child Studies from Linköping University in Sweden.