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Presentation in Englisch with PPT in German/
Présentation en anglais avec PPT en allemand/
Vortrag auf Englisch mit PPT auf Deutsch
Nobody doubts that experiences with multiliteracies positively influence the development of children’s language and literacy skills. However, research shows that such practices vary significantly in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), both within and across countries. This variation is also evident in multilingual Luxembourg. Based on research studies, this presentation maps multiliteracy practices in formal and non-formal ECEC settings in Luxembourg. The findings reveal that educators engaged children in activities in one or more languages almost daily, and that these practices depended on the professionals’ understanding of multilingualism, literacy, and language learning. The practitioners offered activities along a continuum from oral to written, monomodal to multimodal, and monolingual to multilingual which influenced children’s participation and meaning-making in different ways. I argue that professionals need to be responsive to children’s interests, needs, and languages to help them engage both in literacy activities and with literacy itself, which, in turn, fosters their learning.
