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Multilingual class basically consists of students hailing from different social and cultural background with different mother tongues and regional languages. And they try to interact, share and exchange their own experiences in the best way they can, which is best possible in their mother tongue or regional language only. A heterogeneous classroom usually face language barrier among themselves. The only way of their communication among these students can happen only in common language that is English. In this way English works as a medium to connect these two ends. This is the best way to acquire the target language also.  

Multilingual class basically consists of students hailing from different social and cultural background with different mother tongues and regional languages. And they try to interact, share and exchange their own experiences in the best way they can, which is best possible in their mother tongue or regional language only. A heterogeneous classroom usually face language barrier among themselves. The only way of their communication among these students can happen only in common language that is English. In this way English works as a medium to connect these two ends. This is the best way to acquire the target language also.  

The creative ways that can be incorporated in curriculum to adapt to multilingualism is to use modern ICT at its great length. Apart from teachers capabilities, the administration need to look in to providing ICT tools.  A bilingual text book is one of these solutions. Providing QR Codes will also support learning English in a multilingual classroom. Allowing a child to access bilingual, trilingual dictionaries in the classroom also provides a good support in acquiring English.  

The creative ways that can be incorporated in curriculum to adapt to multilingualism is to use modern ICT at its great length. Apart from teachers capabilities, the administration need to look in to providing ICT tools.  A bilingual text book is one of these solutions. Providing QR Codes will also support learning English in a multilingual classroom. Allowing a child to access bilingual, trilingual dictionaries in the classroom also provides a good support in acquiring English. Multilingualism supports English learning 

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