Móðurmál presented itself at two multicultural events during weekend 31st October and 1st November. On Halloween Saturday we introduced our activities at Multicultural Festival at Breiðholtsskóli, on Sunday we travelled by bus from Reykjavík to Borgranes, where the Festival of Nations (Þjóðahátið Vesturlands) was held for the 8th time. During both events, we screened a presentation …
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Móðurmál represented at international conference in Reykjavík
Móðurmál was represented at the international conference Learning Spaces for Inclusion and Social Justice that took place in Reykjavík between 15th and 17th October 2015. The conference was a conclusion of a three-year Nordic project and the key speakers were famous researchers in the fields of multiculturalism, heritage language education, social justice and citizenship education, …
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Presentation for guests from Germany
Móðurmál and the Multicultural Council of Reykjavík, represented by Renata Emilsson Peskova and Marina de Quintanilha e Mendonca, welcomed seventeen guests from German preschools and humanitarian organizations. The mutual exchange of experiences and new ideas about inclusive multicultural education took place on October 8th 2015, in Gerðuberg, and was organized by CHANCENGLEICH in Europa e.V. / …
European Day of Languages 26th September –- Café Lingua
On Saturday 26th September, Café Lingua was held in the City Library in Gerðuberg. It was devoted to a presentation of a wide spectrum of languages used all around Europe as well as in Iceland. Café lingua took place under the patronage of City Library of Gerðuberg, School and Leisure Department of Reykjavík and Móðurmál. …
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Project Without Borders: Cooperation of the Czech society TÉKÍS and NGO Radka
Three representatives of the Czech organisation RADKA visited the Czech society in Iceland TÉKIS from the September 25th to November 2nd. The common project Without Borders, supported by the Nordic funds, is a year project which aims at the exchange of good multicultural practices in schools, culture and society. Their schedule led them, among other things, …
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Kæri fésbókarvinur – Dear Facebook Friend
Dear Facebook Friends (please share)Móðurmál does ambitious work for multilingual children, their families and society. We would like to encourage you to get acquainted with our activities at modurmal.com and show us support by becoming a member. We are looking for volunteers who could help us with the homepage, translations, organization of events, mother tongue …
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Polish School is a part of Móðurmál
Polish school has formally become part of Móðurmál 🎉 Congratulations and welcome on board! Today, Móðurmál has about 600 children and 25 languages!
Professor Ina Druviete from Latvia gives a lecture on bilingualism to Latvians in Iceland
On September 6, the Latvian school in Reykjavik, Latvian group in Móðurmál, invited the Latvian speaking community to a lecture given by a well known linguistic specialist in Latvia, Ina Druviete, who was the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia in 2004–2006. To begin the lecture Ms Druviete spoke about psycholinguistic …
New office of Móðurmál at Ármúli 36
I am very pleased to announce that after twenty years of successful and versatile work Móðurmál finally has an office! 🎉 Hola, Félag Spænskumælandi á Íslandi (FPÍ), Félag Portúgölskumælandi á Íslandi, and Móðurmál have signed an agreement today and will share a beautiful space in Ármúli 36.
Successful Móðurmál Conference
The summer course organized by Móðurmál last weekend, 21st and 22nd of August was a sheer success! 🎉 Thank you for your contribution, dear participants, organizers and lecturers. There are mainly two themes that we would like to celebrate: Firstly, this was the first time that the course was open for Reykjavik preschool and school …