Hopefully this step will help student teachers to recognise how language is an inherent feature of many everyday activities and relationships in school. While it can be somewhat overwhelming to suddenly realise children can have very different language backgrounds and different languages, it is good to know that language aware approaches are good for all students. Being aware of language is also good for students with language-related learning difficulties, students who are just beginning to develop their own study skills and students with diverse sociocultural backgrounds - as well as multilingual students. The first step is to open the way for the Language Aware Pathway and encourage students to ask questions, reflect and read further.