| In my child’s school, the teachers refer to and make use of the students’ languages during lessons. |
Role of language in learning |
| My child’s school encourages students to use the languages they know to support their learning. |
Role of language in learning |
| The school takes into account my child’s previous knowledge and experiences to support learning. |
Role of language in learning |
| My child’s school is interested in the languages the students know and how they learned them. |
Attitudes towards languages |
| My child’s school tracks the students’ literacy development in the language(s) of schooling. |
Attitudes towards languages |
| At my child’s school, students are free to use all their languages outside the lessons. |
Attitudes towards languages |
| In my child’s school environment, the languages teachers, staff and students speak are present (e.g. posters, photos, charts, etc.). |
Attitudes towards languages |
| My child’s school provides opportunities for using languages outside school. |
Promoting informal language learning |
| My child’s school helps parents/guardians find ways to support language development of students at home, by suggesting some activities. |
Promoting informal language learning |
| My child’s school has asked me which language(s) I can speak. |
Language resources at school |
| My child’s school involves people working at school as a language resource to help newly arrived students. |
Orienting newcomer students and families |
| If necessary, my child’s school provides help from translators/interpreters/mediators when communicating with parents. |
Orienting newcomer students and families |
| My child’s school provides key documents in a language I understand. |
Orienting newcomer students and families |