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English in the multilingual classroom

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A multilingual primary group with five students

Welcome to 'English in the multilingual classroom'

How will the course help you?

This course will introduce you to multilingualism and what it means. Learn how to make your classroom and teaching multilingual so that your learners can learn to celebrate and use many languages in the real world.

What does the course include?

English in the multilingual classroom is a self-study training course, which is divided into three hour modules. It also includes:

  • A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative ideas for you to try out.
  • Engaging discussions taking place in the Facebook community
  • Live events with your course tutor and language teaching experts.
  • A free workbook with extra learning content and resources.

What will you learn?

Module 1: The benefits of multilingualism

This module will introduce you to what multilingualism is and explore what it means to you as a teacher in a multilingual class. 

Module 2: Multilingualism in practice

This module will help you develop an understanding of multilingualism in elementary education and the benefits of developing and promoting it.

Module 3: Developing multilingual learners

In this module, you will learn to integrate multilingualism within your classroom tasks and activities and plan your English lessons with a focus on integrating multilingualism.

When is the course?

Enrolment for 'English in the multilingual classroom' is now closed. Sign up to the free newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.

How much does the course cost?

The course is free.

How can you get a certificate?

You will receive a certificate if you successfully complete all self-study modules.

What level of English do you need?

Minimum CEFR B1

What can you do now?

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Comments

Hi Lydia

I've just checked your account and it looks like you have already completed module 3. If you are still having problems, please let us know.

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Shabana_ Hakimi on Thu, 02/23/2023 - 13:47

Nice

Submitted by Elmostafa OMARAKLY on Mon, 02/20/2023 - 20:39

Hello,
I started the course of multilingualism and I have completed Modules 1 and 2, but I see that I can no longer access the course. Could you help, please?

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Tue, 02/21/2023 - 16:49

Hi Elmostafa

If you've had difficulties accessing our TeachingEnglish open online course, please try the following: 

1. Log out, then close any windows where 'https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/' is open. 

2. Clear your browser’s cache or use 'private mode’ before going to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/  

3. Log in.

4. Go to: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes find the course and select 'Enrol in activity' (if you don’t see the course here, don’t worry, just skip ahead to step 5). 

5. Go to https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes, find your course and select 'Start course' 

6. Select the module you want to work on, go down the page and select 'Start task', then 'Start'. 

Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by schavarro on Sun, 02/26/2023 - 13:55

Login out and restarting the session, immediately solves the issue. The "error" happens when sessions are left open, the browser keeps old data. Thank you!

Hi schavarro

Thanks for this - it is in the troubleshooting tips above too, as often logging out and re-logging in will solve these issues.

Hope you are enjoying the course,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Ajah on Sun, 02/19/2023 - 21:36

Hi.
I started this course on Friday, I've finished Module 1 and 2, I've also done half of module 3 but now i don't have access to course anymore cause its a not on my portfolio or my courses.

Please help me out. Thank you.

Hi Ajah


To access your course,


1. Please log out of your TeachingEnglish account and then log back in again.
2. If you have enrolled in the course, you will see 'MY PORTFOLIO' in the menu bar at the top of the page next to the Home button.
3. Move your mouse over MY PORTFOLIO to see the drop-down menu.
4. Click on ‘My courses’ to access your training.
5. From the training platform, go to 'My learning' and then 'My courses'. Your course should appear there.

Thanks,
Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Submitted by srishtiarya on Sat, 02/18/2023 - 04:39

Though enrolled into the course "english in the multilingual classroom", I am now unable to locate the my course options. It seems like I have been disenrolled from the course. I had already completed an entire section of the course. Requesting assistance at the earliest

Hi srishtiarya


To access your course,


1. Please log out of your TeachingEnglish account and then log back in again.
2. If you have enrolled in the course, you will see 'MY PORTFOLIO' in the menu bar at the top of the page next to the Home button.
3. Move your mouse over MY PORTFOLIO to see the drop-down menu.
4. Click on ‘My courses’ to access your training.
5. From the training platform, go to 'My learning' and then 'My courses'. Your course should appear there.

Thanks,
Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Hi kaloo1,


To access your course,


1. Log in to your free TeachingEnglish account. If you didn't log out previously, log out and then log back in again.
2. If you have enrolled in the course, you will see 'MY PORTFOLIO' in the menu bar at the top of the page next to the Home button.
3. Move your mouse over MY PORTFOLIO to see the drop-down menu.
4. Click on ‘My courses’ to access your training.
5. From the training platform, go to 'My learning' and then 'My courses'.

Thanks,
Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Submitted by Arifeen on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 15:46

Hello
I started the course but couldn't access it anymore. I have completed Module 1 and stated the second, but now its not available anymore on my Portfolio or My courses.

Hi Arifeen

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Paul Braddock on Fri, 02/17/2023 - 11:47

Dear Najma,

Please see the advice given to other commenters:

1. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses" below 'MY PORTFOLIO' in the top menu bar. This will take you to the training platform

2. From the training platform here: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/Dashboard go to ‘My Learning’ > ‘My Courses’

From there you should be able to see the course you have enrolled on.

Thanks,

Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

If you've had difficulties accessing our TeachingEnglish open online course, please try the following: 

1. Log out, then close any windows where 'https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/' is open. 

2. Clear your browser’s cache or use 'private mode’ before going to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/  

3. Log in.

4. Go to: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes find the course and select 'Enrol in activity' (if you don’t see the course here, don’t worry, just skip ahead to step 5). 

5. Go to https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes, find your course and select 'Start course' 

6. Select the module you want to work on, go down the page and select 'Start task', then 'Start'. 

Thanks

Paul (TeachingEnglish team)

Submitted by qudsia.a on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 14:18

I have logged into my account then my courses. Still unable to find where to click to start the course

Hi qudsia.a

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Alia Atif

Are you able to access the course platform?  We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Salwa Charfi on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 11:52

Hi there
I am sorry to tell you that I couldn't find the course ' English in the multinational classroom ' after finishing its first module.
I tried many times in 'my courses ' tab but in vain.
Is there any solution for that
Thanks in advance
Best regards
Salwa

Hi Salwa

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Esengul on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 10:13

Dear Cath,

I have also access problems on my page. I checked my courses section but I cannot see it.

I will be grateful, if you can help.

Regards

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 15:50

Hi Essengul

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Mona Awaad on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 10:03

I can't access my course after enrollment

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 15:50

Hi Mona Awaad

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Nanetta on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 08:37

Hi,
Yesterday I could see and access the course from the "my portfolio" page (I began it actually!), but now it sends me back to the profile page and it is not possible to open the course (if you need it, I can screenshot what I see and send it to you).
Could you please check whether there is a problem in the website?
Thank you.

Hi Nanetta

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by VeronikaJess on Thu, 02/16/2023 - 07:33

I was registered to this course yesterday. I did some tasks yesterday. However, it disappeared from my courses page.
Could you help me to solve this problem?

Hi VeronikaJess

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Fotimadam

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by ginnamorera on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 16:59

Hi! Yesterday I enrolled myself into this course, I was even doing the training but I can not find it today in my porfolio. I would like to know if I was enrolled correctly, thank you in advance.

Hi ginnamorera

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Abuin on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 16:05

Dear Cath,

It is a pleasure to contact you.

I have just logged in but I cannot find the 'My portfolio' button. Can you help me?
Thank you very much,

Jorge

Hi Abuin

I've just checked your account and you are successfully enrolled in the course. The "My portfolio" button is a tab at the top left of the page. If you click on it, you will see a drop-down tab "My courses" which should take you to the course platform. However, some users are reporting errors with accessing the course once they get to the course platform.

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. If this is the case for you too, can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

Submitted by federicamc on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 15:19

Hi, I have the same problem as the other users. I have accessed the 'English in the multilingual classroom' course yesterday with no issues, but today I can't see it in the My Courses section on the website.
Thank you.

Hi federicamc,

We are currently investigating this issue and why the course might have disappeared from some people's "My courses" tab. In the meantime can you try the following:

1. Use the "Help" button on the course platform to report this issue

2. Try logging out of your TeachingEnglish account, and logging back in again to access "My courses"?

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Georgian on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 13:55

Dear Cath

I have a similar problem as my colleagues: I need help seeing the course 'English in the multilingual classroom' in the section of My Courses. I have already signed up and received the notification about the course start.

Thank you.

Georgian

Hi Georgian

Sorry to hear you are having problems. I've just checked your account, and you are definitely correctly registered for the course, and the modules appear in the "My course" tab of your account. Can you try again, and please let us know if you are still have problems?

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Pinar on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 08:51

Hi.

The course start date seems to be before the course enrollment deadline.

Are the dates in reverse order? Did the course start yesterday, Feb 14th?

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 11:02

Hi Pinar

The course started on 14th February. It lasts four weeks, and the last possible date for enrollment is 6th March. The course content will be available until 14th March.

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by dooman230 on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 07:36

I was registered to this course and even started it yesterday. Today, it disappeared from my courses page. How do I get it back?

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 11:04

Hello dooman230

I've just checked your account and can see that you are successfully registered on the course, and the modules appear on the courses page for you. Can you check again?

Thanks,
Cath

TeachingEnglish team 

Submitted by lizzy-mbotiji on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 20:11

Hello,
I started the course on English in a multilingual classroom earlier this morning. I have logged in now in order to progress with the course but I can't find it when I click on my courses under portfolio.
I hope to receive guidance on how to proceed.
Thank you.

Hi lizzy

I've just checked your account, and you are successfully enrolled on the course, and have access to the modules if you click on "my courses". Can you try again and let us know if you are still having problems?

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

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