Gerum það að leik að leita að tungumálaforða barna og unglinga á Íslandi. Í tilefni Alþjóðadags móðurmálsins 21. febrúar 2021 fer af stað verkefnið og könnunin „Íslandskort – leitin að tungumálaforðanum 2021“.Hugmyndin er að kortleggja öll tungumál töluð af börnum í leik- og grunnskólum landsins til þess að vekja jákvæða umræðu um tungumál og fjöltyngi …
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Christmas greetings from Móðurmál
Online and on-site teaching spring ’21
2020 Heritage Language Education Conference
On November 20 and 21, Mother Tongues in Dublin, Ireland, and Móðurmál – the Association on Bilingualism in Reykjavík, Iceland, co-organized an annual conference for their mother tongue / heritage language teachers. Both organizations connect small and big heritage language schools, offer heritage language teachers professional training and assistance, organize events that promote heritage languages …
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2020 Heritage Language Education Conference
Welcome to the 2020 edition of the Heritage Language Education Conference is organised jointly by Mother Tongues (Ireland) & Móðurmál (Iceland). About this Event The conference is free to Mother Tongues and Móðurmál members. If you are a member, contact your organisation to register. This year more than ever, community based language schools need to …
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Guidelines for the support of mother tongues and active plurilingualism
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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Free distance teaching in 13 mother tongues
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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COVID-19 announcement regarding schools
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’s Annual Conference
Spring at Móðurmál
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 …