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 …
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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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Bókasafn Móðurmáls
Bókasafnið Móðurmáls samanstendur af safnkosti (bækur, tímarit, dvd, cd, hljóðbækur o.fl.) ýmsra móðurmálsskóla innan Móðurmáls. Bækur eru aðallega barna- og unglingabækur, þó sumir móðurmálsskólar eigi líka bækur fyrir fullorðna, kennsluefni og annað fræðsluefni. Eins og staðan er í dag, hefur bókasafnið ekki einn sama stað. Hver og einn skóli geymir sér um að útvega sjálfur …
Mother tongue instruction in Iceland, Sweden, and Canada
New Móðurmál board 2017
Móðurmál has a new board! 🎉 Congratulations, new members Magdalena and Dyah, and many thanks for all your help in the past year, Rósa Björg and Karim. Renata Emilsson Peskova, chair, Czech group Magdalena Elísabet Andrèsdòttir, vice-chair, Polish group Lovísa Sha Mi, treasurer, Chinese group Dyah Anggraini Choliqsdòttir, secretary, Indonesian group Lyudmila Zadorozhnya, board member, …
Multicultural Day 2017
On Saturday 27th of May, the city culture was celebrated for the 9th time in Reykjavík on the annual Multicultural Day.The mayor launched the festival with a parade from the cathedral Hallgrímskirkja to the concert and conference hall Harpa. The multicultural market at Harpa was from 2:00–5:00PM. There were exhibitions of various crafts, designs, foods …
Spring events 2017
This spring has been full of both traditional and unique events. Representatives of Móðurmál have introduced and presented the work of Móðurmál at the Multicultural Congress Let’s Talk on March 25th, where they had a chance to talk with professionals and passers-by. Approximately 17.000 immigrants from more than twenty countries live in Reykjavík who speak …
Language and Nature: Móðurmál’s environmental project 2016/2017
For the first time in Móðurmál’s twenty-year-old history, groups work together on a common project for a whole year! Parents of bilingual children work hard to prepare them for the future that will entail using their languages and cherishing connections to all countries where their parents come from and where their extended families still live. …
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International Mother Language Day: 21st February
Grófin Culture House traditionally prepared a program for plurilingual children and invited Móðurmál to introduce our program and activities. We celebrated the International Mother Language Day by inviting children and their families to write letters in their own mother language to a relative or a friend, whether they live in Svalbard, Siglufjörður or Senegal. Easy …
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Móðurmálskennsla í fjarnámi hafin
On February 2nd 2017, three Móðurmál teachers started teaching mother tongues at a distance through a partner organisation Kara connect ehf Students in Stóru-Vogaskóla on all school levels learn their mother tongues, Russian, Tagalog and Thai. The school received a grant to provide mother–tongue instruction to their students, and both parents and children are very happy with this …