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 …
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Multilingual Month 2018
Happy International Mother Language Day!
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. …
Choir festival of Móðurmál groups
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 …
Viðurkenning og hvatning til Móðurmáls
Lecture at The Lithuanian Ministry of Education
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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Award for promoting Polish culture in Iceland
Monika Franciszka Sienkiewicz, the headmaster of the Polish school in Reykjavik, got an honourable mention for promoting Polish culture in Iceland in 27th Zygmunt Gloger Medal and Award Contest (Konkursu o Nagrodę i Medal Zygmunta Glogera). Congratulations, dear Monika! 🎉 All of us who work with you know how precious your contribution to the Polish …
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Come along! Let’s talk about the school culture in Iceland
Samfok –the Association of Parents of Compulsory School Children in Reykjavík–, together with Móðurmál –the Association on Bilingualism–, and individual mother tongue schools organize ten conferences about school matters with a focus on parents of foreign origin in the Greater Reykjavík Area. This school year 2017-18, ten conferences in the biggest languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, …
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5th annual conference of Móðurmál
Móðurmál organised its 5th annual conference on 25th and 26th August 2017. This time, the main theme was the comparison of mother tongue instruction in Sweden, Canada/Alberta, and Iceland. Two professionals were invited from the International and Heritage Languages Association in Edmonton, Alberta, and one from the Mother Tongue Center in Lund, Sweden. Dr. Josephine …
Móðurmál and IHLA become sister organisations
Following visits and discussions of representatives of Móðurmál and the International and Heritage Languages Association in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in fall 2015 and 2016, spring 2017, and summer 2017, the two organisations concluded that formal collaboration would strengthen and profit them on many levels. During the 5th annual conference of Móðurmál, two representatives of IHLA …
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