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NCB Now: News from Scotland - Early years key to promotingmultilingualism and a tolerant society

Young children should be brought up in a learning environment where multilingualism is considered the norm, according to professionals writing in Children in Europe magazine, published this week.

Bronwen Cohen, chief executive of Children in Scotland, which publishesChildren in Europe in English, said: "Language promotion policies areseldom aimed at young children, although it is precisely this age groupthat is most open to different languages."

In this issue of Children in Europe, Turkish writer and practitionerSerap Sikcan calls for the diverse languages spoken by young children tobe made visible and audible in nursery environments.

- www.childreninscotland.org.uk.

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