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SubscribeActivities this year may be online, but they still include fun, family-friendly crafts and performances, discussions and workshops across Manchester – Britain’s city of languages, where half of all adults and 4 in 10 young people in the city are multilingual.
UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. It has been observed globally since 2000 and has important historical roots. In Bangladesh 21 February is the anniversary of the day when Bangladeshis fought for recognition for the Bangla language.
If you are working in a school, library or home-educating and would like to know how to showcase multi-lingual poetry and literature, there are packs of downloadable resources courtesy of Stanley Grove Primary Academy and Emma Martin below. There you will find an introductory presentation, and lots of fun and exciting ways to bring mother language into a classroom, please feel free to use.
Find out more about previous celebrations, and book your place on our upcoming celebrations below!
You can join in the conversation by tagging us on social media @MCRCityofLit and using the hashtag #MCRIMLD21.
Home to a few of our 2020 IMLD events!