Mother Tongue Other Tongue
A multi-lingual poetry project celebrating cultural diversity and the many languages spoken in schools in the UK.
Introduction
Mother Tongue Other Tongue is a multi-lingual poetry project, created as a Laureate Education Project by Professor Carol Ann Duffy DBE (UK Poet Laureate 2009-2019) to celebrate cultural diversity and the many languages spoken in schools in the UK.
Mother Tongue Other Tongue began as a North West pilot and still runs in the North West as an annual competition for 8-18 year olds, co-ordinated by the Manchester Poetry Library at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Mother Tongue Other Tongue has also been adopted in other regions across the UK, where projects, competitions and events are co-ordinated locally by other partners.
Our cultural heritage, identity and languages are all important to us and poetry is a great way to express these – I am very inspired by The Mother Tongue Other Tongue Project
Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Peace Prize winner and education activist