Creating welcoming learning environments : using creative arts methods in language classrooms / edited by Jane Andrews and Maryam Almohammad.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : connecting creative arts approaches with supporting children and young people developing English as an additional language -- The well in welcome / Alison Phipps -- Working with community filming in multilingual and intercultural language education / Maryam Almohammad -- Celebration through film / Gemma Sharland -- A film making project / Alicja Lievaart -- Creating together : the role of creative arts in an ESOL classroom / Lyn Ma -- Working with children's needs and preferences using creative techniques by / Su Tippett -- Assessing children's language using creative techniques / Judith Prosser -- Building cohesion in school through crafting / Karen Thomas and Rebecca Reeve -- Adinkra creative links : music and textiles in welcoming learning environments / Gameli Tordzro and Naa Densua Tordzro -- Working with symbols and printing : unlocking creativity in children / Alison Grotzke -- A school radio station / Dominique Moore -- Singing songs from Jamaica in early years settings and primary schools in South Gloucestershire / Lois Francis -- Audio in school : school languages on the tannoy system / Judith Prosser -- A conversation with Tawona Sithole, poet and musician -- Creative arts processes for working with children' / Anna Comfort -- GCSE English, using poetry written in students' first languages / Dominique Moore -- The welcome banner : cultural exchange through creative collaboration / Luci Gorell Barnes -- Creativity, collaboration and ways forward for EAL learners / Jean Conteh -- Afterword : summary of ideas for practice / Jane Andrews and Maryam Almohammad.

"This book provides practical ideas for how children, young people and parents can feel welcomed and affirmed in their multilingual identities and all learners can feel excited by the linguistic diversity of the world's people. The book will be an invaluable resource for educational practitioners, researchers, trainee teachers and teacher educators"-- Provided by publisher.