The Serbian Cultural Center in Iceland held its fourth Serbian Culture Days in Reykjavík recently. The grand theme was theatre, and the program was varied and eventful and had something in store for all ages. Due to unforeseen circumstances all events were combined and held on November 24th. The events were well frequented and all in all over 300 people attended the festival. The program started at Fellaskóli with a drama workshop for children and the family play Virus telefonitis, and continued at Háskólabíó with a great program. Initially, a film was shown in which students from the Serbian school participated. Actors from the Teateić theatre company in Belgrad performed a masterpiece by the well-known Serbian author Branislav Nušić, and they performed two of his well-known plays. The program ended with light refreshments in Serbian-style cuisine and a chat with all the guests. The Serbian Cultural Center in Iceland thanks all its sponsors, including the Serbian Outreach Fund, Móðurmál, Reykjavíkurborg, Háskólabíó and Fellaskóli.

Traditionally, Móðurmál – the Association on Bilingualism has co-organized an annual conference for heritage language teachers. This year´s theme was:

Rethinking incentives: how to bolster the motivation of students, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders in heritage language education

Over 250 registrations from over 40 countries, representing more than 50 heritage languages, show the continuous interest of families and immigrant teachers to sustain and promote heritage language education of children.

The program and information about keynote speakers, workshop leaders, and the pecha-kucha session are to be found here: fohlc2024. General information, history of FOHLC Europe and its other activities are described in detail on its website: FOHLC Europe | HLE Network

Slovak society SKÍS, or Slovak for Children in Iceland, celebrated its 10th anniversary today in Hólabrekkuskóli. Among guests were the Slovak ambassador in Oslo Mr Roman Bužek, and the Slovak honorary consul in Iceland, Mr. Runólfur Oddsson, who both welcome and support Slovak heritage language teaching in Iceland and in general. Other guests were Ms Kristína Domáňová, one of the founders of the Slovak school, Ms Olga Kaciánová, the Slovak teacher, parents and children in the school.

The author Bergljót Baldursdóttir visited the last meeting of Móðurmál with an amazing gift intended for the children attending classes in Móðurmál. She gifted each of them the book “Von be don” which she authored. Móðurmál thanks her very much for this kind donation!

“Von be Don” is a children’s book about words and language. The goal is to educate children on the importance of language, the power of words, and the versatility of communication between languages.

Samtökin Móðurmál fékk styrk frá Þróunarsjóði innflytjendamála fyrir verkefnið Heimsmarkmið sameinuðu þjóðanna – mál okkar allra.

Verkefnið er unnið með nemendum í 5. og 6. bekk í Fellaskóla. Börnin hafa fengið kynningu á Heimsmarkmiðunum og valið markmið til að vinna dýpra með á skapandi hátt. 

Afrakstur vinnunnar er meðal annars uppskerusýning barnanna sem opnar í Borgarbókasafni í Gerðubergi föstudaginn 6.sept. kl.12.00. Þá er fjölskyldum boðið að koma til að eiga góða stund á bókasafninu með börnunum og njóta og fagna fallegu verka þeirra, sem þau hafa lagt mikla vinnu í. 

Þar sem Heimsmarkmiðin eru til á mörgum tungumálum er hægt að skoða þau bæði á íslensku og öðrum tungumálum fyrir þá sem skilja þannig innihaldið betur. Á sýningunni verða Heimsmarkmiðin sýnileg á 35 tungumálum.

Sameiginlega samtalið í ferlinu fer fram á íslensku, því við verðum öll að geta talað saman um mikilvæg málefni á íslensku. 

Kennsluhugmyndir undir yfirskriftinni “Heimsmarkmið sameinuðu þjóðanna – mál okkar allra” verða að finna á vef Samtakanna Móðurmáls seinna í haust.

Allir eru velkomnir og sýningin stendur til laugardags 14. september.

Móðurmál board 2022-2024: Milan, Maria, Fríða, Renata and Bibiam

Móðurmál board 2024-2026: Milan, Maria, Oksana, Renata and Bibiam

The Annual General Meeting took place in the beautiful space of the Home and School (Heimili og skóli) Association on 29 May, 2024.

The report of the board on the work of the past year is here.

Móðurmál became a member of STÍL at the Annual General Meeting on May 16, 2024. With a membership of 800, STÍL´s role is to provide language teachers with support and assistance in their professional development. STíL cooperates with various educational bodies both in Iceland and abroad. STÍL is a member of UNESCO and the Nordic Baltic Region of FIPLV (The International Federation of Language Teachers Associations).

Um STÍL / About – STÍL – Samtök tungumálakennara á Íslandi – The Association of Language Teachers in Iceland (weebly.com)

Viðburður á Facebook og nánari dagskrá eru hér. The Facebook event and the program are here.

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