Introduction

Diversity in patterns of migration requires a nuanced understanding and adoption of educational practices, pedagogies, and policies to meet the needs of the diverse groups in communities. Internationally, communities are fed stories from the media on how some governments and politicians view immigration as a cause for concern. A shared foundation within all the articles is the recognition of the role of learners’ multiple linguistic resources, including their first or home language, and the mobilisation of these resources in the multilingual realities of the learning environment, whether in the classroom, school, or community. The children also acknowledged the existence of a hierarchy of languages which had an exclusionary effect and caused discomfort as they discussed their home and other languages. O. Welply concludes by advocating the need for multiple literacies and oracies in the classroom that recognise the multiple languages of the children concerned, which, in turn, impacts on their sense of identity and belonging.