Understanding Bilingual Children

Heritage Language Education Networkis an ANBI stichting founded in 2021 (active since 2018) to bring heritage language programs together. HLE Network's activities contribute to the UN Global Sustainability Goals of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education, making cities inclusive, and promoting the inclusion of / fighting against the discrimination of children who speak a non-majority language at home.

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The webinar Understanding Bilingual Children is scheduled for 20:00 -  21:30 (Eindhoven time) on June 3, 2021, with speaker Dr. Frank Scola.

<h3>TICKET PRICE</h3><h3>We are kindly asking for donations of 12.50 Euro per ticket to the webinar.<em> If you wish to donate more than this amount, you are more than welcome!</em></h3><p></p><h3>FUNDRAISER</h3><p>The <a href="https://www.hlseindhoven.com/understanding-bilingual-children" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">webinar Understanding Bilingual Children</a> is being organized to raise money for the start-up costs of a foundation/stichting based on the current work of Heritage Language Schools Eindhoven. Learn more about <a href="https://www.hlseindhoven.com/support-us" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">why we plan to start a foundation/stichting</a>.</p><h3></h3><h3>THE SPEAKER</h3><p>A doctor dedicated to expatriate families, Franck Scola is engaged in three activities: care, teaching-research, and training. His work is based on his clinical experience with the families of multilingual children and children educated abroad, focusing on their linguistic, cognitive, emotional, and identity development. Dr. Scola is particularly interested in these children's atypical linguistic behaviors, their developmental rhythm, and their strengths, as well as their difficulties with learning, their school life, and their identity construction.</p><p>Lecturer at the University of the Mediterranean and at the University of Paris-Dauphine, he works as an expert with UNESCO, the London Academy of Diplomacy, French National Education, and the Agency for Teaching French Abroad. Dr. Scola is also the author of training courses for psychologists and speech therapists, with a particular focus on issues such as dyslexia and stuttering in a bilingual context. His publications are aimed at training professionals as well as at the popularization of bilingual education for families.</p><p>Read more about his <a href="https://www.expatries-sante.com/franckscola/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">qualifications</a>, his organization <a href="https://berise.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Be-Rise</a>, and his <a href="https://www.frenchradar.com/livre-comprendre-et-accompagner-lenfance-bilingue/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">book</a>, which is available in French as well as other languages.</p><p></p><h3>​TOPIC OF THE WEBINAR</h3><p>During the webinar, Dr. Scola will discuss different types of multilingualism and he will deconstruct some preconceived ideas about it. He will discuss several notions about becoming bilingual during childhood that have to do with cognitive, academic, medical, speech, and identity development.</p><p>Dr. Scola sees that multilingual children can be misdiagnosed. What is a real speech impairment and what should parents not worry about?</p><p></p><h3>AUDIENCE</h3><p>The talk is aimed at the parents of multilingual children, but others who are interested in the topic of multilingual development in children could be interested as well.</p><p></p><h3>QUESTIONS &amp; ANSWERS</h3><p>People who register for the event will be able to submit a question to the organizers in advance, and some of these will be handled in a question and answer session with Dr. Scola after his talk.</p><p></p><h3>ORGANIZERS OF EVENT</h3><p>This online event is being organized to <a href="https://www.hlseindhoven.com/support-us" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">raise funds</a> to start a charitable non-profit organization based on the activities of Heritage Language Schools Eindhoven. Donations will be made officially to the organization <a href="https://www.francofilous.nl/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stichting Francofilous</a> (the French heritage language program for primary students in Eindhoven), which is part of the HLSE network and which is co-organizing the event. The webinar will be additionally facilitated by <a href="https://e-a-f.nl/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">l’Entente des Associations Francophones aux Pays-Bas</a>, an umbrella association of twenty associations in the Netherlands that promote the French language and culture. Both Francofilous and Entente are non-profit organizations, but without ANBI status.</p>

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