Relationships, relationships, relationships! No matter whether or not you share the same language, building a relationship is still key to future learning. Reach out, welcome them, and help them become connected to their peers. This may require some “match making” special activities, to communication aids such as apps like Google Translate. In this episode teacher, Wendy Williamson, clearly expresses the importance of building relationships even among the new...

Ah, the wonderful animated music of multiple languages… Canada is a place where people from all over the world are welcome either as immigrants or for shorter periods of study or work.  The 2011 Cenus of Population indicated that there were more than 200 mother tongues or languages including Canada’s two official languages (English and French).  That variety is part of our special flavour but to learn and communicated there is also the need for a common language, and...