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Apr 21, 2024
Voices of our volunteers: "We are uncompromising in our mission"
"I'm grateful to work with HLE Network because my work is really helping multilingual children and their families within Brainport."
Feb 8, 2024
“Everybody has a mother tongue”: An Iranian mother brings cultural awareness to primary school “de Rietpluim”
A mother raises awareness about UN International Mother at her children's primary school. Get inspired by the story!
Nov 19, 2023
At the heart of a growing field of HL research: the NHLRC
We connected with Arturo Díaz, Managing Director at the NHLRC, to find out more about the latest trends in HL research in the U.S.
Sep 5, 2023
Impressive but imperfect: Sweden’s model of teaching heritage languages
Sweden has the strongest known legal protection of the right to study home/heritage languages. How does it work there?
Feb 3, 2023
Fighting for educational equity for multilingual children in Germany
An interview with Dr. Miglena Hristozova, deputy chairwoman of the “Initiative für Mehrsprachigkeit und interkulturelle Bildung” (IMIB).
Apr 29, 2022
Zurich’s Herkunftssprachlicher Unterricht (HSU): a well-functioning model of HL education
Interview with Markus Truniger, former Head of the Department for Intercultural Education at the Compulsory School Office of in Zurich.
Nov 5, 2021
A story of language loss: Sicilian Americans in New Orleans in the 20th Century
The Managing Director of HLE Network shares a personal perspective about heritage language maintenance in her own family in the U.S.
Oct 4, 2021
Helping the supplementary schools of England achieve excellence: Meet the NRCSE
Interview with Pascale Vassie of the National Resource Center for Supplementary Education (NRCSE) in England.
Sep 7, 2021
How to revamp a HL program: the story of the Polish School of Eindhoven
Interview with Dr. Ania Kijak, manager of the Polish School of Eindhoven.
Apr 22, 2021
Uniting heritage language programs across a nation
What is it like to coordinate HL programs nationally, with 110,000 students across Australia? We talked to Stefan Romaniw to find out.
Jan 29, 2021
Perspective from Austria: "It's a beautiful law, but there are problems with the system"
An interview with Julliane Rüdisser, a heritage language teacher and researcher in Austria.
Nov 23, 2020
Serving Ireland's multilingual families
Mother Tongues is a non-profit organization in Ireland, started in 2017, that raises awareness about the benefits of multilingualism.
Nov 15, 2020
How New South Wales supports its heritage language schools
New South Wales in Australia has more than 37,000 students learning one of 64 heritage languages taught by 3000 volunteer teachers!
Aug 30, 2020
Words of wisdom from a Canadian coalition
Interview with Trudie Aberdeen and Nina Paulovicova of the International Heritage Language Association (IHLA) in Edmonton, Alberta.
Apr 18, 2020
More language choices for students with Taal naar Keuze
TnK: Helping secondary school students take final exams in one of their home languages, expanding language options for Dutch students.
Mar 17, 2020
Heritage language education now part of Brainport's vision for internationalization in schools
Interview with Mieke Zijlstra from Brainport
Jan 18, 2020
Discover Stichting Supportpunt's services in Eindhoven
Stichting Supportpunt has been providing a range of services exclusively for stichtingen and verenigingen in Eindhoven for 10+ years.
Nov 19, 2019
Inspiration and advice from an Icelandic coalition
Interview with Maria Sastre and Renata Emilsson Peskova from Iceland's "Móðurmál" coalition of heritage language schools.
Sep 17, 2019
Tapping into multilingualism as a resource in Dutch primary schools
Interview with Joana Duarte from the 3M project "Meer Kansen met Meertaligheid"
Aug 18, 2019
Taking inspiration from a U.S. coalition
Joy Kreeft Peyton, PhD, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, D.C. Joy has over 35 years of experience
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