The Association on Bilingualism
Móðurmál – the Association on Bilingualism has contributed to the making of new Guidelines for the Support of Mother Tongues and Active Plurilingualism in School and Afterschool Programs, together with other specialists within the field. These guidelines are based on laws, policies, and research as well as on the experience and ideas provided by professionals …
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Reykjavík has for many years supported Móðurmál – the Association on Bilingualism by providing space for teaching on Saturdays, in Hagaskóli, Fellaskóli, and Hólabrekkuskóli, and in a few preschools. After the assembly ban was imposed due to the pandemic of Covid-19, Móðurmál groups stopped teaching temporarily. However, in April 2020 the Ministry of Education, Science …
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Preschools and schools in Iceland start working as usual on May 4. We encourage families to read available information on why the authorities took this decision and why it is important that children attend preschools and schools.
Móðurmál and all its groups are doing well in the spring! Five big projects are running smoothly, each led by a devoted project manager: Allir með! tölum saman um skólamenningu á Íslandi (coordinated by Samfok) Listin Talar Tungum í listasafni Reykjavíkur → Heimsálfar í Borgarbókasafni → Mother Language Book of Móðurmál 2017–2018 Library project of …
Móðurmál –the Association on Bilingualism– and mother tongue groups celebrate the international mother language day today, together with many in the world. At the occasion of the day, the children who attend mother tongue classes in Móðurmál at this point were counted; the final number is 650 which means a decrease from the previous year. …
On Saturday 2nd December 2017 the Choir festival of Móðurmál groups took place in Gerðuberg. Sólveig Simha, the teacher from the French mother tongue groups, coordinated the project. Children from nine groups took part and sang one to three songs in their language. Represented were the Czech, Filipino, French, Japanese, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian and …
The Lithuanian Ministry of Education invited the principal of Lithuanian mother tongue school in Iceland “Three colours” Jurgita Milleriene to hold a lecture about the foundation of mother tongue school abroad. There are numerous important things to keep in mind while establishing a mother tongue school and making it a successful working school. Jurgita shared …
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