The role of the first language in English Medium Instruction: Toolkit

My Languages T-shirt
Instructions

Use the My Languages T-shirt to help your students Provide an opportunity for students to share their work
to reflect on the way each language they use in their with each other. With younger students, create a wall
everyday life forms a positive part of their multilingual display to look at and discuss as a class. Older students
identity. The spaces on the T-shirt can be used for writing, can share and discuss their T-shirts in small groups.
drawing, and/or adding pictures, allowing the students to Encourage them to notice similarities and differences in
be imaginative in how they express themselves. their preferences and discuss how these contribute to their
multilingual identities.
Print a My Languages T-shirt for each student and ask
them to complete the sentences in the different sections.
There are four spaces where the everyday activity is
specified and four further spaces for their own ideas.
As appropriate to their age, ask them to add drawings,
pictures, and/or comments in the boxes. They can write
comments in any of their languages.

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I like reading books I like playing football
in Spanish and English in Spanish

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I have read a
books
Harry Potter
in Spanish.
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Now I’m readin
in English. GOL!

I talk to my best friends I talk to my family

in Spanish and English in Spanish

Lucia and Daniel

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