As multilingualism and English as an Additional Language become an integral feature of school life, how can school-based initial teacher training (ITT) programmes prepare student teachers to work within linguistically and culturally diverse settings? Sheila Hopkins advises.
Britain has always been multicultural and multilingual; greatly benefitting from diversity over the centuries. Today is no exception. In fact, many British cities are what we now call superdiverse communities where people with vastly different languages, cultures and backgrounds live side by side enhancing our schools and neighbourhoods.
