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OUR STORIES
With every project or initiative, there is a story to be told and many people who have contributed to it. The following blog posts capture our story told in fragments, in images and words. We hope you enjoy tracing our footsteps, reading about the things we've heard, the activities we've developed, and the languages we speak across different contexts. BUT, the story is incomplete without your contribution and it only makes sense if you, our visitor, leave a comment, a thought, or any other sign.
You are welcome to be part of our story!


TEMA: a new project - a new creative logo
Teaching Multilingually Through Art is a TAGS project based on teaching activity groups (TAGs) working on enhancing the teaching and...
laviniahirsu
Oct 4, 20242 min read
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New Resource: the MtA Activity Pack
During January 29th – February 2nd 2024, Scotland celebrates the Languages Week. This week is even more exciting for us because we are...
laviniahirsu
Feb 1, 20242 min read
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"I cannot draw!" - a few supporting strategies
Many non-art-specialists, including teachers, tend to see art-making through the prism of one’s ability to draw. One of the most common...
Dobrochna Futro
Jan 24, 20234 min read
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Bad habits/good habits/healthy habits
The English classroom is not only a place for learning languages, but it’s also the space where students can reflect on their own lives,...
laviniahirsu
Jan 11, 20233 min read
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Safe and creative spaces
Why does an artist need a studio? How does a creative space look like? How does a creative space feel like? These are some of the key...
laviniahirsu
Dec 21, 20222 min read
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The Toy Museum
Many of our contributing teachers have turned their attention to their projects from the English textbooks they are using as a way to...
laviniahirsu
Dec 20, 20222 min read
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The story of a butterfly: a logo
Xin chào các bạn! - Mình là Đặng Kiều Hưng, giảng viên Khoa nghệ thuật – Trường đại học hạ long – tỉnh Quảng Ninh. Mình là 1 trong số 18...
laviniahirsu
Sep 8, 20223 min read
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TAGs begin the creative journey
In August, the 18 TAGs (Teacher Activity Groups) from the three different provinces in Viet Nam where we are implementing the British...
laviniahirsu
Aug 31, 20221 min read
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Launch of the Viet ABLL project: VietNam Arts-based Language Learning project
On 13 July 2022 we launched a new collaborative project entitled VietABLL: VietNam Arts-based Language-Learning (January 2022-April...
laviniahirsu
Jul 13, 20222 min read
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Translanguaging is earth
Dilyara Nagimova, an arts teacher in our project from Almaty, Kazakhstan, has shared with us her vision of translanguaging. While the...
laviniahirsu
Oct 8, 20211 min read
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RULES, RULES — MY RULES!
The current pandemic has brought up a lot of challenges to how we live and interact with each other. While we have tried to make sense of...
Sally Zacharias
Nov 20, 20201 min read
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HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Today we’re looking up high. During the pandemic, we have heard quite frequently the phrase “We’re in this together.” The phrase means...

Lavinia Hirsu
May 18, 20201 min read
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LANGUAGE PASSPORTS
Passports are powerful documents that say many things about who we are and where we have been. In these times, many of us may have...
laviniahirsu
May 10, 20201 min read
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FREE EVENT FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Meet URCUS! URCUS is our newest team member and he loves to chat about TRANSLANGUAGING. Urcus invites families and young people to a fun...

Lavinia Hirsu
Oct 25, 20191 min read
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OUR IDEAS IN A SUITCASE
Starting with school year 2019-2020, the Mitchell Library will be hosting five suitcases that contain the Toolkit that we have developed....
creativepracticestl
Oct 4, 20191 min read
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A TEACHER'S STORY OF TRANSLANGUAGING POEMS
Translanguaging involves using several different languages in order to better understand language-related concepts for improved...
creativepracticestl
Aug 12, 20192 min read
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CREATIVE LANGUAGE PRACTICES: OPEN EVENT
We would like to invite you to an afternoon of creative ideas, strategies and resources for multilingual contexts! If you work with...
creativepracticestl
Apr 30, 20191 min read
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TRANSLANGUAGING IN SCHOOLS
Our subsequent two workshops were devoted to the work developed in schools by teachers who worked with us as part of the project. ...

Lavinia Hirsu
Apr 12, 20191 min read
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#TLiswhen
We are happy to launch the hashtag #TLiswhen (#Translanguaging is when….)! We invite you to share your stories with us on Twitter on When...

Lavinia Hirsu
Feb 18, 20191 min read
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TEACHING RESOURCES
Resources we are creating as part of the Creative Language Practices project are to become available to schools through the Mitchell...
creativepracticestl
Feb 13, 20191 min read
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