Outcome Preview
As the project nears completion, we’re proud to share the key outcomes developed through our collaborative Work Packages. These tools and insights are designed to support educators, inform policy, and strengthen heritage language education across Europe.
Our outcomes will be shared in detail during our YLC Conference in January 2026.
1. Handbook for Educators
A practical guide offering strategies, examples, and pedagogical tools to support heritage language teaching in diverse school contexts. It’s designed to be accessible, adaptable, and rooted in real classroom experience.
2. Teams Platform for Educator Networking
A dedicated Microsoft Teams channel where heritage language teachers can connect, exchange materials, and stay informed. This space fosters peer learning and builds a sustainable community of practice across borders. [Link is coming soon.]
3. Roadmap for Schools and Policymakers
A strategic framework outlining how schools and education systems can integrate heritage languages into their curricula. It includes policy recommendations, implementation steps, and examples of best practice.
4. Evaluation Report: Voices from the Classroom
Based on interviews with teachers across Europe, this report captures the lived experiences, challenges, and successes of heritage language educators. It provides valuable insights for future initiatives and policy development.
A practical guide offering strategies, examples, and pedagogical tools to support heritage language teaching in diverse school contexts. It’s designed to be accessible, adaptable, and rooted in real classroom experience.
2. Teams Platform for Educator Networking
A dedicated Microsoft Teams channel where heritage language teachers can connect, exchange materials, and stay informed. This space fosters peer learning and builds a sustainable community of practice across borders. [Link is coming soon.]
3. Roadmap for Schools and Policymakers
A strategic framework outlining how schools and education systems can integrate heritage languages into their curricula. It includes policy recommendations, implementation steps, and examples of best practice.
4. Evaluation Report: Voices from the Classroom
Based on interviews with teachers across Europe, this report captures the lived experiences, challenges, and successes of heritage language educators. It provides valuable insights for future initiatives and policy development.
Vårt projekt syftar till att bidra till elevernas övergripande akademiska prestationer och främja en känsla av tillhörighet genom kunskap om och stolthet över sina språk. Termen "modersmål" avser språk som talas hemma och som speglar individens historia, traditioner och kulturella identitet. Detta inkluderar elever med flykting- eller invandrarbakgrund, andra eller tredje generationens modersmålstalare och alla elever med olika bakgrund och modersmål.
Vår vision omfattar utveckling, testning och implementering av en modell för undervisning i en modersmål som ska införas i sex skolor i Finland, Nederländerna och Sverige, med fokus på högstadiet (elever i åldern 12-16 år). Målspråken är arabiska, farsi, ryska, somaliska, turkiska, ukrainska. Projektresultaten är inrättandet av en gemensam plattform för HSU-lärare för att dela erfarenheter och material, en handbok för genomförandet av modersmålundervisningen och en ”roadmap” för effektiv integrering av undervisning i modersmål i skolor.
Med detta tillvägagångssätt vill vi skapa en stödjande och inkluderande utbildningsmiljö för alla flerspråkiga elever och främja språklig mångfald och kulturell förståelse. Projektet vänder sig till skolledare, lärare i modersmål, beslutsfattare inom utbildningsområdet och familjer med olika språkbakgrund för att stärka elevernas flerspråkiga identitet.
Följ med oss på denna omvälvande resa mot ett mer inkluderande europeiskt utbildningslandskap!
Pilot Description
The pilot project aims to test practices in heritage language teaching and discussing the results. It centres on cooperation with 18 teachers who teach the heritage languages (HL) Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Somali, Turkish or Ukrainian at pilot schools in Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands during the school year of September 2024 to May 2025.
Following an intensive exchange of knowledge and experience, the partners involved in the project developed a pilot model for testing heritage language teaching practices that address the existing challenges and tests solutions at six selected schools in Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands.
Under the leadership of our partner Enheten för Flerspråkighet, they will spend a school year (September 2024-May 2025) exchanging ideas on the topics of materials, school organisation and family outreach and developing practical examples in peer groups. They will be supported by our experienced partners and receive professional training in workshops. The teachers document the exchange and results on an interactive platform, which will be further developed after the pilot phase and opened to other HL teachers in Europe.
The professional monitoring and evaluation of the pilot project will result in the development of a handbook with practical recommendations for the implementation of heritage language teaching in the national school systems.
Contact:
Simeon Oxley /EFF: simeon.oxley@uppsala.se
Following an intensive exchange of knowledge and experience, the partners involved in the project developed a pilot model for testing heritage language teaching practices that address the existing challenges and tests solutions at six selected schools in Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands.
Under the leadership of our partner Enheten för Flerspråkighet, they will spend a school year (September 2024-May 2025) exchanging ideas on the topics of materials, school organisation and family outreach and developing practical examples in peer groups. They will be supported by our experienced partners and receive professional training in workshops. The teachers document the exchange and results on an interactive platform, which will be further developed after the pilot phase and opened to other HL teachers in Europe.
The professional monitoring and evaluation of the pilot project will result in the development of a handbook with practical recommendations for the implementation of heritage language teaching in the national school systems.
Contact:
Simeon Oxley /EFF: simeon.oxley@uppsala.se
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