Activity book

The Language Explorers Activity book is an essential resource for teachers who want to embrace a multilingual approach in their teaching.
The book is also the perfect gift for children who are passionate about languages and for those who speak more than one language.
The activities have been designed for primary school children by Dr Francesca La Morgia, a linguist with many years of experience in bilingualism research, in collaboration with Jenny Siung, Head of Education at the Chester Beatty Library and Simon Rouse, primary school teacher.

Children are encouraged to learn the Irish Sign Language fingerspelling, solve problems, embrace a multilingual challenge, say hello in Yoruba and Romanian, explore their own surroundings and learn about the Chester Beatty Library, which contains thousands of treasures in many different languages.

The book is available in English and in Irish, thanks to the support of Gaeloideachas.

English:

To order your copy online, please chose from the options available the country you want to send the book to and the number of copies. If you don’t find the desired option, please get in touch (click here).

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Gaeilge:
You can purchase Taiscéalaithe Teanga (the Irish language edition of Language Explorers) at An Siopa Leabhar, in-store and online at www.siopaleabhar.com.

You can find the Language Explorers Activity Book in the following bookshops:
– Chester Beatty Gift Shop, Chester Beatty Library Giftshop, Dublin 2 – 01 407 0753
– International Books, 18 Frederick St S, Dublin 2 – 01 679 9375.
– O’Mahonys Bookshop, University of Limerick, National Technological Park, (061) 418 155.

For questions, please email education@mothertongues.ie

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