Topic: Lowering Learning Barriers for Minority Children—through multilingual education

Speaker: Pearle*

If you have a passion for education, how can you be involved in God’s mission?

Children from minority language communities often face learning difficulties because they do not understand or speak the language used in the classroom. How can their own language and culture be turned from a stumbling block to a stepping stone to help them integrate into the mainstream education system?

Pearle* has been involved in supporting local partners in developing and implementing multilingual education programmes for minority language communities in remote areas. Come hear her share her experiences, and understand how to help minority students. You will also get to do a hands-on activity, to give you a taste of the work.

*pseudonym is used

About the speaker:

Pearle has been a Wycliffe Singapore member since 2013. She served the minority language communities through literacy and education programmes for 7 years before taking up a regional coordination role. Prior to that, her career experience and MA research centred on adult literacy and bilingual language development in Singapore's context.

Note:

• This workshop is open for all passionate about education, whether they have education-related training/experience or not
• Deadline for registration is 6 January 2024
• This is an in-person event held at the Wycliffe Singapore office at 25 Harper Road, #02-07
• As limited slots are available, if we reach full capacity before 6 January 2024, we would put new registrants in a waitlist until slots are released (and a space is given) or the deadline is hit (and no new registrants are accepted)