TAs teach Turkish lessons

Bilingual teaching assistants are teaching classes in their native language in London primary schools.
Schools in the north London borough of Enfield are being encouraged to find out what languages are spoken by all their teaching staff – not just the qualified teachers – when they choose which foreign language to teach.
The borough wants more schools to teach Turkish and Greek to children instead of choosing the usual western European languages of French, Spanish and German.
One Turkish born teaching assistant, Zuleyha Kahveci, is teaching two Turkish lessons a week for year five pupils at Churchfield Primary School in Enfield according to a report in the Guardian newspaper.
The school has a large number of Turkish children, and many teachers are also interested in learning Turkish so they communicate more easily with parents.
Enfield’s language advisor Bernardette Clinton said the council was hoping that teaching community languages would increase understanding in the local community.