Language Choices for International Families - Languages in Everyday Life (Lecture #2 from the Series at Folkuniversitetet)
When: March 20, 2023, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Online
Are you a family that speaks two or more languages? The Language Choices for International Families lecture series might be for you!
During these presentations by a language expert, you can discuss language and education related issues such as bilingualism and literacy.
During these lectures there will be discussions about the balancing act that comes with speaking multiple languages in a family. You will learn about the challenges and the benefits of being bilingual.
You will learn strategies about how to maintain all the languages in the family besides Swedish and English.
You will get tips on how to maximize the limited time you can spend with each language, capitalizing on friends, family and the opportunities available in Sweden.
By the end of the lectures you will create a roadmap of your children’s language learning including their schooling for the short - and the long run.
Remember, this is a series of lectures and although you can sign up separately for each lecture, it is worth attending all of them in the order given, if you can, because the lectures are built on each other.
This is the event page for Lecture #2.
Additional event pages can be found here:
Lecture #2 - Languages in Everyday Life
In this lecture the following topics will be covered:
- Language use strategies for families
- Going to school in another language
- The importance of the home language
- How the Swedish school system supports home languages
Please note that the same lecture will take place on two different dates (one in the morning and the other one in the afternoon).
Occasions
2023-03-16 10:00-11:00
Register for this occasion here:
https://www.folkuniversitetet.se/kurser-utbildningar/pa-distans-online/distans/9400/
2023-03-20 17:30-18:30
Register for this occasion here:
https://www.folkuniversitetet.se/kurser-utbildningar/pa-distans-online/distans/9714/
About the host
Vera Angyal has over 20 years of experience as an international educator. She has been teaching in Sweden since 2016. She holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and Linguistics, a Bachelor’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and she is a certified Solution-focused BRIEF coach. She speaks four languages and has worked with dozens of international families over her career. She is an English as an Additional Language specialist teacher and has extensive knowledge about language learning, maintaining the home language, education as well as using solution-focused tools in education. Read more about her here.
Practicalities
- This is an online event series hosted at Folkuniversitetet.
- Participation is free and open for everyone with a personnummer.
- Registration is needed at Folkuniversitetet.se for all three lectures separately (you can choose from two dates for each lecture) - see above!
Save the event in your calendar to easily reach this information page later. Updates will be posted here.
Link to join
Update! Please note:
The link to join will be sent to the email address you've registered with at Folkuniversitetet.
