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Early education in mother tongue helps learners towards deeper connection between education and culture by creating inclusive and equitable societies
On February 21, 2025, the UN celebrates the Silver Jubilee of International Mother Language Day with the message, "Languages are essential to education and sustainable development, serving as the primary means through which knowledge is transferred and cultures are preserved.," states the UN adding .that education systems must support the right to learn in one's mother tongue is crucial for improving learning outcomes, as students who are taught in a language they fully understand show better comprehension, engagement, and critical thinking skills..
Language Quotes
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. ~Evelyn Waugh
The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language. ~Henri Delacroix
There is in every child a painstaking teacher, so skilful that he obtains identical results in all children in all parts of the world. The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything! ~Maria Montessori
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. ~Frank Smith
To have another language is to possess a second soul. ~Charlemagne
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart. ~Nelson Mandela
One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. _Frank Smith
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