This case focuses on the linguistic diversity found in groups of children in early childhood education settings and schools. In preparation for the case, reflect on which languages you have some familiarity with. You may be able to express yourself coherently in relatively few languages, but you may also be familiar with many others in which you know only individual words or can form a simple sentence. Children must be given the opportunity to express themselves even if they do not yet command many words in the common language used in the early childhood setting. Through working with this case, you will be challenged to consider how we can create good communicative situations between children, and between children and staff, despite potentially very different linguistic backgrounds.
