Mother Tongues the Podcast This month RTé Junior Radio have launched a new podcast, co-produced with Mother Tongues and many families from around the world who live in Ireland. From Tamil to Italian, from Chinese to Gaeilge, there is something for everyone to learn! Through fun games, stories, recipes and songs, every child can learn Read More
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What’s your name?
What’s your name What’s your name? started in February 2020, during the Mother Tongues Festival in Tallaght. The aim of the project was to show the range of names that people have as a way to demonstrate not only that Ireland is the home of many languages, nationalities and identities, but also that while we Read More
Refugee voices
Refugee week will take place this month between 15th and 21st June.We are delighted to be able to offer a free Refugee Voices session, in partnership with NaTakallam on 18th June at 8pm. In this session you will meet a conversation partner from Syria who will share their story and introduce the group to their Read More
What’s your name?
Our portraits project “What’s your name?”, commissioned as part of the Mother Tongues Festival, has now transformed and will be presented as a documentary showcasing the stories told by children about their own names. We created this film for Cruinniú na nOg to raise awareness of the importance of learning to say all names properly Read More
Language Explorers is one year old!
Twelve months ago Mother Tongues started offering visits in schools, library workshops and fun activities at festivals and events, all with the aim of celebrating and valuing linguistic diversity in our society and giving children the opportunity to use all of their languages through fun and engaging activities and games. The project was awarded that Read More