Diverse cultures cannot be passed on to the following generations without native languages since the language is the carrier of a nation’s culture. International Mother Language Day, which was established at the initiative (倡议) of Bangladesh by UNESCO’s General Confer once in 1999, is an essential platform to promote the importance of cultural and linguistic (语言的) diversity.
UNESCO has been leading the way and advocating multilingual education based on the mother tongue from the earliest years of schooling. Research shows that education in the mother tongue is key factor for inclusion and quality learning, and it also improves learning outcomes and academic performance. And most importantly, multilingual education based on the mother tongue fosters understanding and respect for one another and helps preserve the wealth or cultural and traditional heritage that is embedded in every language around the world.
However, in many nations, the majority of pupils are instructed in a language other than their mother tongue, which hinders (妨碍) their capacity to learn effectively. It is estimated that 40% of the world’s people is unable to accept education in their mother tongues. Presently, around 7,000 dialects are spoken across the planet. But the diversity of languages is under threat as more and more of them are disappearing rapidly. When a language disappears, a whole cultural and intellectual heritage is lost with it.
There is progress being made worldwide in multilingual education that stresses the importance of using the mother tongue, especially in the early years of schooling, and in developing it for public life.
Through, its guidelines for language policy and education, UNESCO provides advice on effective bilingual and multilingual teaching, alongside teaching in a child s mother tongue. I works together with Member States to embed multilingual education throughout entire courses and education systems. Recently, there have been successful initiatives to encourage education based on mother tongues in Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti and Kenya.
【小题1】What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 1?| A．To promote the importance of UNESCO. |
| B．To show the significance of the conference. |
| C．To indicate the importance of diverse languages. |
| D．To set a platform for preserving native languages. |
| A．Concluded. | B．Patterned. | C．Disgusted. | D．Trapped. |
| A．The loss of cultural and intellectual heritage. |
| B．The loss of education based on mother tongues. |
| C．The multilingual education in developed countries. |
| D．The failure of most students to learn a foreign language. |
| A．What Is UINESCO Asking You to Learn? |
| B．Who Are to Blame for the Extinction of Languages? |
| C．Why is Mother Language-Based Education Essential? |
| D．How to Celebrate International Mother Language Day? |
