Suggests and addresses the need for further curriculum development within the IB PYP in terms of additional (often foreign) language learning within the diverse community of International schools that follow the IB curriculum, in order for schools to become more explicit and unified in their language policies. Includes suggestions for how additional language learning can be linked to the process of inquiry and the promotion of the core values of the IB, embodied in the PYP learner profile.
Model of pedagogical practices around various scaffolding strategies to support ESL learners in learning content and developing language in mainstream curricula.
Explains the Systemic Functional Linguistic theory that children's language development encompasses learning of, about and through language simultaneously in order to extend their meaning-making potential.