Multilingual Families Clubs

Unity in Diversity

The European Union is founded on the principle of “unity in diversity” – a diversity of cultures, customs, beliefs, and languages. In addition to the 24 official languages, another 60 languages spoken in certain regions or groups and over 80 languages of national minorities and incoming communities are included in the EU heritage. In European society, the emerging issue of multilingualism – among adults, children and children’s collectives, as well as whole families – must also be addressed.

Introduction of the project

One possible solution to this problem is the Multilingual Families Clubs. The idea of these clubs is based on the experience of similar facilities that have been operating for decades in Western Europe. The goal of the Multilingual Families Clubs project is to create a comprehensive set of tools for:

  • establishment and successful operation of clubs for multilingual families in other countries
  • activities and games for children and parents to promote multilingualism, multiculturalism, and dialogue between children and parents
  • methodical management of multilingual clubs for managers (primary schools, non-profit organizations, leisure centers, etc.)
  • raising awareness of the benefits of multilingualism between parents and educational institutions

Target group

The target group of the project are both multilingual families themselves and educators working with these families.

OUTPUTs of the project

  • Let’s do it together! Handbook for multilingual family clubs
  • Let’s play with languages! A collection of games and activities for children and parents specifically designed to promote multilingualism
  • Towards multilingualism! Methodological guide for adult educators
  • Why and how to be a multilingual family? A guide for parents of multilingual children
  • Audiovisual recordings from multilingual families

All outputs are available in English, Czech, Polish, Italian and Turkish. Some of them will also be available in the languages of national minorities in partner countries (eg Russian, Ukrainian, Slovak, Arabic, Romanian, etc.). All documents created within the project are freely available for download.

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Do you want to find out more?

Are you interested in this project and would like to learn more about it? Do not hesitate to contact us! We will be happy to meet you and explain everything. We also organize workshops within the project and all materials created within the project are freely available for download or personal delivery. For more information email to kalmarova@skolapelican.com.

If you want to know more about the project, please contact us either by e-mail at kalmarova@skolapelican.com, by phone at +420 774 742 296 or personally at Lidická 9, Brno. If you are interested, we will be happy to come and present you the project in more detail.

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