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Thank you to Geert Simons, our founding Vice-Chair

Award-winning linguist Kristel Doreleijers joins our board

Advancing French HL education: The French Saturday School of Eindhoven "Francofilous" joins FLAM 2024 in Paris

Thank you to Geert Simons, our founding Vice-Chair

Oct 20

Award-winning linguist Kristel Doreleijers joins our board

Oct 19

Strike a pose for heritage language eduction: try out the photo booth advocacy tool

Sep 30

Voices of our volunteers: "We are uncompromising in our mission"

Apr 21

“Everybody has a mother tongue”: An Iranian mother brings cultural awareness to primary school “de Rietpluim”

Feb 8

At the heart of a growing field of HL research: the NHLRC

Nov 19, 2023

1.5-minute film about forgetting your first language

Oct 16

A global crisis of language loss

Feb 22

Is the word "integration" out of date?

Jan 24

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Getting children excited about science: tips from the Romanian School in Eindhoven

Apr 15, 2023

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Getting children excited about science: tips from the Romanian School in Eindhoven

The Romanian School in Eindhoven organizes a "Promo-science" Workshop to share ideas about how to promote appreciation of science.

Enriched by engaged language communities: Eindhoven Library welcomes De Carrousel's Spanish books

Apr 14, 2023

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Enriched by engaged language communities: Eindhoven Library welcomes De Carrousel's Spanish books

"De Carrousel" Spanish educational program celebrated the opening of the Spanish section in the International Children's Book Collection.

Attention for heritage language education at Brainport's "inspiration" event

Mar 15, 2023

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Attention for heritage language education at Brainport's "inspiration" event

HLE Network has a table at Brainport's "Inspiratiebijeenkomst onderwijs: Internationalisering - Meertaligheid."

Embracing equity for women and the mother tongue

Mar 11, 2023

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Embracing equity for women and the mother tongue

HLE Network passed out information about heritage language education at an event organized by the CLO for International Women's Day.

Intercultural "martenitsas" workshop kicks off spring at Eindhoven Library

Mar 1, 2023

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Intercultural "martenitsas" workshop kicks off spring at Eindhoven Library

A workshop for making Bulgarian "martenitsas" took place at Eindhoven Library on March 1 for families from all nationalities.

Fifteen languages at Eindhoven's National Reading Days 2023

Feb 4, 2023

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Fifteen languages at Eindhoven's National Reading Days 2023

Eindhoven Library's National Reading Days for multilingual children is a big success, with 15 languages included.

Radio 4 Brainport interviews HLE Network at the Winter Market

Dec 10, 2022

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Radio 4 Brainport interviews HLE Network at the Winter Market

HLE Network is interviewed by Radio 4 Brainport at the Cultural and Creative Winter Market on December 10, 2022.

Turks voorlezen - Turkish group launches monthly reading activities at Eindhoven Library

Nov 25, 2022

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Turks voorlezen - Turkish group launches monthly reading activities at Eindhoven Library

The Drio Foundation will now be running monthly reading activities in Turkish at the Eindhoven Library.

Nov 13, 2022

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Hot topic: Multilingual libraries

The 2nd annual FOHLC Europe conference took place online on Friday, November 11, and Saturday, November 12, 2022.

Poetry bridges Romania and the Netherlands

Oct 22, 2022

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Poetry bridges Romania and the Netherlands

The Romanian School in Eindhoven drew the attention of the local newspaper Eindhovens Dagblad this month.

Bulgarian group celebrates their children's book collection at Eindhoven Library

Oct 21, 2022

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Bulgarian group celebrates their children's book collection at Eindhoven Library

The Bulgarian group "Lezen is leuk" held an event on Saturday, October 22, 2022, to officially celebrate their Bulgarian collection.

International Guidelines for Professional Practices presented at international conferences

Oct 8, 2022

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International Guidelines for Professional Practices presented at international conferences

The International Guidelines for Professional Practices in HL Schools was presented at the 9th annual CBHL Schools conference. See video!

Annual networking event for heritage language education professionals

Sep 21, 2022

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Annual networking event for heritage language education professionals

Teachers & school leaders from heritage language programs in Eindhoven continued the tradition of meeting for the European Day of Languages.

Eindhoven Library celebrates the International Children's Book Collection

May 20, 2022

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Eindhoven Library celebrates the International Children's Book Collection

Eindhoven's mayor attends an event to celebrate the International Children's Book Collection.

HLE Network Meetup for European Day of Languages

Sep 22, 2021

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HLE Network Meetup for European Day of Languages

Face-to-face again! We had a pleasant HLE Network Meetup, with seven different languages represented.

Here's what the WBTR means for your organization / Dit betekent de WBTR voor je organisatie

Mar 22, 2021

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Here's what the WBTR means for your organization / Dit betekent de WBTR voor je organisatie

A new law (Wet Bestuur en Toezicht Rechtspersonen) will take effect on July 1, 2021, that has to do with foundations and associations.

Heritage language Meetup online once again

Feb 19, 2021

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Heritage language Meetup online once again

We held our second virtual Meetup for 2020-2021 in February, in honor of UNESCO Mother Language Day.

Webinar brings together primary teachers and heritage language schools

Oct 8, 2020

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Webinar brings together primary teachers and heritage language schools

Dutch primary school teachers get to know the faces of some of the volunteers at heritage language programs via an online event.

Sep 25, 2020

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Heritage language Meetup goes virtual

Heritage language programs catch up online in honor of European Day of Languages.

Language Diversity in Amsterdam: Growing up in a multilingual family

Feb 29, 2020

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Language Diversity in Amsterdam: Growing up in a multilingual family

An event to encourage the use of parental native languages and to discuss multilingual upbringing and education.