MiFamily Project – international multiplier event

This one-day conference will provide information on innovative family learning and ESOL practice, access to the MiFamily Project open education resources and B-Learning course, and opportunity to speak to the developers and find out how the MiFamily tools are being used in France, Romania, Spain and the UK.

The event is free of charge but you need to book your place here

• Students with a migrant background may face challenges in achieving their true potential if the national language of the host country is not one they speak on arrival. Children are key actors in the process of their entire family’s integration. They are frequently called upon to bridge language and cultural gaps in understanding between members of the host community and their own families.
• Both teachers and the child/ren’s families have roles to play in ensuring the success of students from migrant backgrounds at school•

• for professionals – an opportunity to involve migrant parents in the ‘formal’ education of their children;
• for migrant families – a means of being better equipped to support their children’s progress through the host country’s education system, thanks to the innovative approach of the family learning process