🌈UIL主辦城市漢堡慶祝多語言對終身學習的重要性

為慶祝國際母語日，聯合國教科文組織終身學習研究所（UIL）聯合呼籲各國支持母語教育，並推行多語言教育政策。

兒童、年輕人與成年人皆需可以使用自己母語的學習機會，這能使官方教學語言相結合，這種方法被稱之為多語言教育。多語言教育有助於學習者更自信地學習。在全世界使用的6,700多種語言中，至少有40%面臨著長期滅絕的威脅，因為使用這些語言的人越來越少，而且兒童在接受教育時使用的是他們社會的主流語言，而非他們在家中使用的語言。

聯合國教科文組織終身學習研究所所長大衛-阿喬亞雷納先生表示：「提供母語教育對傳播及保護傳統知識與文化至關重要。兒童、青年及成年人需要與他們生活及需求相關之學習機會。這亦包含擁有以學習者自己的語言進行教育的機會。證據顯示，提供這樣的教育方案有助於改善學習，且有助於培養學習者的自信及自尊心。」

聯合國教科文組織的世界教育不平等資料庫表明，於全球範圍內，用他們在家裡使用的語言授課的兒童在小學畢業時理解性閱讀的可能性比那些在家裡不使用授課語言的兒童高30%。證據亦顯示，透過學習母語可提升兒童的社交技能。

❤️在UIL主辦城市德國漢堡的慶祝活動

UIL主辦城市德國漢堡有來自175個國家的居民，擁有廣泛的文化多樣性。為表彰該市的國際主義傳統，漢堡教師教育學院於2023年2月18日舉辦了國際母語日慶祝活動，UIL團隊負責人拉哈特-茲霍爾多沙利耶娃女士以及漢堡教育部與眾多民間社會組織的代表亦出席了活動。

茲霍爾多沙利耶娃女士告訴300多名參與者：「我們需要從小學教育開始接受以母語為基礎的多語言教育。依據經驗證實，我們知道這是有效的。分享知識與經驗對於促進終身學習中的多語言使用至關重要。透過這樣的活動，我們可以與人們及組織聯繫，互相學習。」

聯合國教科文組織領導的原住民語言十年行動計畫（2022-2032），旨於引起世界對原住民語言嚴重流失之關注，並迫切需要保護、振興及頌揚它。

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🌎International Mother Language Day: Countries must implement mother language-based education and learning programmes

• UIL host city of Hamburg celebrates the power of multilingualism in lifelong learning

To mark International Mother Language Day, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is joining calls for countries to support mother-language education and pursue a policy of multilingual education.

Children, young people and adults require learning opportunities in their mother tongue, which can be combined with the official language of instruction, an approach known as multilingual education. Multilingual education helps learners to learn better with more confidence. At least 40 per cent of the more than 6,700 languages spoken around the world are threatened with extinction in the long term, as the number of speakers dwindle and children are taught in their society’s dominant language rather than the one they speak at home.

Mr David Atchoarena, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, said: “Offering education in the mother tongue is essential to transmitting and preserving traditional knowledge and culture. Children, youth and adults require learning opportunities that are relevant to their lives and needs. This also includes having access to an education in their own language. Evidence shows that such provision contributes to improving learning and developing confidence and self-esteem.”

UNESCO’s World Inequality Database on Education indicates that, globally, children taught in the language they speak at home are 30 per cent more likely to read with understanding by the end of primary school than those who do not speak the language of instruction at home. Evidence also shows that children’s social skills are improved by learning in their mother tongue.

• Celebrations in the UIL host city of Hamburg, Germany

Home to citizens from 175 countries, UIL’s host city of Hamburg, Germany, boasts a vast cultural diversity. Honouring the city’s tradition of internationalism, the Hamburg Institute for Teacher Education hosted a celebration of International Mother Language Day on 18 February 2023, with a keynote speech from Ms Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, UIL Team leader, and representation from the Hamburg Ministry of Education and a wide variety of civil society organizations.

Ms Zholdoshalieva told the 300-plus participants: “We need to embrace multilingual education based on the mother tongue from the earliest years of schooling. Based on empirical evidence, we know it works. It is vital to share knowledge and experience to promote multilingualism in lifelong learning. Through events such as this one, we can connect with people and organizations, and learn from and with each other.”

UNESCO leads the Indigenous Languages Decade 2022-2032, a 10-year action plan to draw the world’s attention to the critical loss of Indigenous languages and the urgent need to preserve, revitalize and celebrate them.