Voices

During the pilot phase, we will gather assessments and opinions on the project’s progress from various stakeholders, including our partners, teachers, and even students. We aim to make their voices heard.

Interview with Magan Tahir

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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Hyrylän ylä-aste (Middle school of Hyrylä) in Tuusula

Larissa Aksinovits

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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21st of February

International Mother Tongue Day

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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Team Leader at ISK Piter Jelles

Interview with Marsha Olyerhoek

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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HL teacher at EFF

Shahla Edalatian

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 Brachmann-Bosse

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.“