Hi, I'm Charlie and I'm introducing bilingual education. Bilingual Education is a course for people interested in bilingual and multilingual people  in bilingual and multilingual contexts and how people learn languages embedded in their societies. The course introduces concepts, theories, principles, and controversies about how bilingual and multilingual people learn languages, how they communicate, and how they develop their understanding and potential in these different social and educational contexts. There's been a lot of research in the last 20 years, which is really valuable for teachers in informing their own practice and their institutions' practice  in very different contexts in order to be at the forefront of these changes and developments in bilingual education around the world. So the course is embedded in 'social context'. And our starting point is that it is perfectly normal for people to be bilingual or multilingual and to read and write in their different languages. And also in modern, contemporary terms to be able to use digital - digital literacies. Secondly, that learners and societies can gain from developing these capabilities, which enable them to develop as children and later on as adults, whether or not they come from bilingual or multilingual homes. So the course is really helpful for people who are planning to teach,  whether in primary, secondary, or tertiary education. So that you can develop a critical understanding of how people learn languages, how they use languages, and how it's possible to teach languages in this wide variety of bilingual or multilingual social and educational contexts and micro contexts. We cover lots of different key topics. Here are some of them. In particular, you might be interested in digital literacies, bilingualism as a resource, heritage language education. And my own favourite -  psychology of language learning for translanguaging and cognition in bilinguals and multilinguals. Course organization is organized with eight weeks of lecture videos, and a synchronous optional Q&A each week for each of the workshops. There are also online activities for you to do  over the week and there's  an assignment lecture with a Q&A in Week 9  - that's the last week. The lectures are by a number of different members of staff. The assessment is a 4,000 word project.  A mini-project that you carry out over the course of the semester. The workshops are targeted at supporting you through the different parts of the project. The project has the same structure as your final dissertation that you'll do over the summer next year. So it's a kind of help/ support  for different possibilities that you might be interested in - to do your dissertation. The set theme for next year is  psychology of bilingualism with theory of mind. This is embedded within a social context. So you need to know about the social literature as well as the psychology literature for this.  There is a presentation halfway  through the course that you need to give and it's not assessed. You get feedback on it to help you submit your final written assignment. Lots of reasons to study the course. I think it's really important to understand bilingualism and multilingualism. And to be able to - to support your future learners with their different needs and aspirations to fulfil their potential in future. Also, you may be interested in being able to critically evaluate these recent trends in bilingual education. This course is useful when combined with other courses. And it might be useful for your teaching contexts in the future. And also, I really think for your own language development from where you are in life now to what you're planning to do with your own language abilities for the future. Perhaps it might also be useful for you for developing your research capabilities for the future as well, including your dissertation. Okay, Class Contact.  We're following all the university guidance with regard to health and safety,  so it's possible that the course will be online next semester. There's online collaboration for exercises and discussions, an optional weekly Q&A. And you need to work independently on your own mini-project. Reading. There's lots of reading - so many journals! Here is a list of some that you have probably come across so far and there are many more to discover. I hope you found this useful and I wish you all the best with so much choice in choosing your options for next semester. Thank you.