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'Mother Tongue Other Tongue' multilingual poetry competition

Wonderful to see our EAL (English as an additional language) students and their teacher gain the recognition their commitment and hard work deserves! Eight of our EAL students were nominated and shortlisted for the 'Mother Tongue Other Tongue' multilingual poetry competition and two were winners in their age categories!

They attended the award ceremony last week at Murray Edwards College Cambridge and the winners confidently read their poems to a packed auditorium. All eight students are now published poets in the Routes into Languages East Mother Tongue Other Tongue 2024 Anthology.

πΆπ‘œπ‘›π‘”π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘™π‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘  π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑙-π‘‘π‘œπ‘›π‘’ π‘‘π‘œ π‘Žπ‘™π‘™ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘˜π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘‘: π‘†β„Žπ‘Žπ‘›π‘Žπ‘– π»π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘ π‘“π‘Žπ‘™π‘™, πΈπ‘šπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘’π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘Ž π‘‚π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›, π΄π‘™π‘’π‘ π‘–π‘Ž πΎπ‘™π‘¦π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘˜π‘œ, π·π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘¦π‘Ž π‘…π‘œπ‘šπ‘Žπ‘›π‘œπ‘£π‘¦π‘β„Ž, πΈπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘˜ π‘€π‘œπ‘™π‘›π‘Žπ‘Ÿ, π΅π‘’π‘™π‘™π‘Ž πΆβ„Žπ‘’π‘’π‘›π‘”, π‘†π‘œπ‘“π‘–π‘–π‘Ž π΅π‘¦π‘β„Žπ‘˜π‘œπ‘£π‘ π‘˜π‘Ž, πΏπ‘–π‘ π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘Ž πΎπ‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘”π‘’ (𝐡𝐿)

'Mother Tongue Other Tongue' is a multilingual poetry competition that celebrates cultural diversity and the many languages currently spoken in schools across the UK. It is run by the University of Cambridge and the Routes into Languages Project which aims to celebrate languages, culture and to give the students the opportunity to appreciate their heritage, using poetry.

Joelle Taylor, a poet supporting the competition said:

“Some people use words as border patrols. Some use words as passports. Others use words as fences. Mother Tongue Other Tongue uses words as bridges”.

      

  

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