Building on the success of our courses on bilingualism for parents, we have developed a new practical class for parents who want to practice some of the tips and techniques to promote the active use of their languages. The first class will take place on 17th April at 7:30 in the Outhouse, 105 Capel Street, …
Calling all school children around the world! Write a short story and become a published author on Unuhi. Unuhi is a new bilingual books app for children. Launched in late 2018, the app offers short stories and flashcards for children aged 2 -10 years. Twenty languages are supported and the app displays any two of …
NUI Galway has launched a survey to gather the views of the public on the proposed Irish Language Plan for Galway City. The online survey will run from March 13th until April 12th2019 and aims to assess the desires and needs of the community in relation to the development of the Irish language in Galway. Under …
Imagine a place where people have fun speaking many different languages, a place where children and adults learn about culture, stories and languages through art-making, music and dance! This is what the Mother Tongues Festival was all about! Over the last two weekends we hosted more than 50 events in over 20 languages, we met artists, professionals …
* Mother tongue -Tamil Language Education Program – Start Event * Purpose, Action plan, Discussion of the course of the curriculum and explanation of the next move Parents, Teacher, Student – Discussion Day: 10 February 2019 Time: Afternoon 3-5 Place: Moeran Hall, Dublin We invite all the Tamil relations with love!
About the Competition The first Mother Tongues Art Competition was instituted by Mother Tongues to celebrate International Mother to celebrate International Mother Language Day and the International Year of Indigenous Languages within the Mother Tongues Festival. The goal of the competition is to explore the role of language in our everyday life. Everyone between the ages of 4 and 18 is …
Raising bilingual children can be both a happy and a frustrating experience. Parents who move to a new country and want to transmit their mother tongue to their children often face challenges and may be puzzled by the many different strategies that are recommended by friends and family. We know that parents are very happy …
Mother Tongues’ new project Language Adventures was awarded the Dublin Bus Community Spirit Award this November. Mother Tongues was one of the many great organisations that work tirelessly with the local community, and we are proud to receive this award for a new collaborative project with Dublin City Libraries. Language Adventures is a community storytelling …
The Language Explorers Activity Book was launched on 18th September at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. The event opened with an address by Bláthnaid ní Ghréacháin, CEO of Gaeloideachas, on the importance of multilingualism and the relevance of the Language Explorers Activity Book in classrooms. The launch included a fantastic “Language Explorers” themed workshop organised by …
Mother Tongues’ very first celebration of the European Day of Languages has been a fantastic multilingual marathon… or langua-thon, with 9 days of events which involved more than 500 people of all ages. We started on Culture Night – 21st September – with a multilingual reading of The Hare and the Tortoise, one of the …
