Greece is a country where Heritage Language Education is by no means approached in formal education, with the exception of very few initiatives which have been either implemented in the framework of research programs or based on school principals’ personal efforts.

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The heritage language - or mother tongue - of a young learner is the main road to achieving knowledge and a balanced mind. Blocking this main road leads to unnecessary distress and delays.

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For me, “Your Language Counts!” has shown how closely language learning processes and linguistic diversity are linked to school integration and educational equity.

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It was great to see all of us develop in the field of HLE, and not only us developing the teachers.
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Family outreach was an important element of the project’s work on Heritage Language Education (HLE).

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Dr. Erkan Gürsoy works at the department of German as a second language at the university of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) in Germany, and he has been involved in YLC! as a partner since the beginning of the project. 

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Magan Tahir teaches Somali as a heritage language — and brings not only linguistic knowledge but also values from his career as a professional table tennis player into the classroom. In this interview, he shares why the word Dhaqan (culture) is so meaningful to him, how speaking their heritage language helps students feel at home, and what inspired him to start teaching.

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Position (YLC): Chairperson of OAO - Our partner OAO stands for heritage teachers’ wellbeing and supporting them at work by providing information, courses, opportunities for collaboration and peer-support. The association also works to improve the position of HLT as a subject in the framework of the national core curriculum and the position of the teachers as well.

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ISK is located in Friesland, a region where Frisian holds an official status alongside Dutch. As a bilingual province, Friesland provides unique insights into multilingualism, which ISK integrates into its educational philosophy.

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Join us in celebrating International Mother Tongue Day by exploring a vibrant Padlet filled with creative products from students in our project, curated by their Heritage Language Education (HLE) teachers.
 
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Shahla Edalatian is one of the 18 teachers participating in our project. She is working at Enheten för flerspråkighet (EFF) and highlights her heritage language education experiences and why she is a part of our project in this interview.

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Sabine is the project manager of “Your Language Counts!”. She has been working on the idea from the very beginning and brought the project to fruition.

„In many European countries, school classrooms and communities are becoming increasingly diverse. The variety of languages that our pupils bring with them from ‘home’ is an enormous resource that can make a lasting difference in our educational landscape and language learning. With the “Your Language Counts!” project, we want to share good practices with experts and teachers and support educational stakeholders across Europe in offering heritage language teaching in school.“