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Bilingualism Matters@Rijeka: branch presentation

Tihana Kraš

Engaging in research on bilingualismDissemination network meetingTrento, 13-14 September 2016

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at the University of Rijeka, Croatia

Established within the AThEME project on 6 June 2014

Bilingualism Matters@Rijeka (BMRi)

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

19 members

13 staff members from the University of Rijeka (FHSS)

One graduate student at the University of Rijeka (FHSS)

One English language teacher from Rijeka

Two staff members from the University of Pula, Croatia

One staff member from the University of Klagenfurt, Austria

One staff member from the University of York, UK

Team

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Regular use of more than one language or dialect in everyday life, where the speaker’s command of each of these languages or dialects is neither necessarily equal, nor necessarily perfect

A synonym for multilingualism

Our understanding of bilingualism

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

1. Disseminating scientific findings about bilingualism outside academia

2. Raising awareness of the importance and benefits of bilingualism

3. Promoting bilingualism in our local area (the city of Rijeka and its surroundings)

Our goals

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

1. Foreign language learning, including the learning of Croatian as a foreign language

2. The use of Croatian dialects (e.g. Chakavian)

3. The use of minority languages and their dialects (e.g. Italian and Fiuman)

4. The use of endangered languages (e.g. Vlashki/Zheyanski)

Types of bilingualism we promote

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Parents

Professionals inEducation

Childcare

Culture

Health

Business and economy

Policy makers

Students

Target groups

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesGiving talks and seminars; running workshops

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesSetting up stands

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our brochures

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our brochures

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesPresenting posters

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesOrganising quizzes

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesMaintaining our trilingual website and our Facebook and Twitter page

Answering questions via e-mail and Facebook

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesRunning our Tandem Language Learning Programme

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesProviding language support to children from vulnerable social groups

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesCommunicating with AThEME stakeholders in Croatia

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

1. Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia

2. Education and Teacher Training Agency

3. National Centre for External Evaluation of Education

4. The Rijeka City Department of Education and Schooling

5. Adult Education Institution “Dante” (since 2016)

6. Rijeka Nurseries (since 2015)

7. Croatian Chamber of Economy – Pula County Chamber

8. The Italian Community in Rijeka

AThEME stakeholders in Croatia

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Our activitiesCommunicating with AThEME stakeholders in Croatia

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

A talk entitled “The challenges of the implementation of the policy of multilingualism in Croatia” by Ana Bratulić, Siniša Smiljanić, Branka Drljača Margić and Tihana Kraš at the CLARC 2016 International Conference “Perspectives on Language Planning and Policies” held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Rijeka on 3 June 2016

The outcome of the first meeting with stakeholders

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

The Rijeka School of Croatian Studies – the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Day 2015 and 2016 (stand, quiz)

The “Preservation of the Vlashki and Zheyanski Language”project – the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Day 2015 (stand, language course)

Rijeka’s Podmurvice Primary School – the European Day of Languages 2015 (stand)

The Rijeka City Department of Culture – successful Rijeka 2020 European Capital of Culture application (“Bilingualism Days”, “Children’s Bilingualism Festival”)

Collaborations

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Internal training eventsSeminars about teaching English to young children

Lecture on persuasive speaking

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

Giving more talks to parents

Writing a manual for parents about raising bilingual children

Providing support to the Croatian community in Rome

Redesigning our website

Plans for future activities

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.

http://www.bilingualism-matters-rijeka.ffri.hr/

bmri@uniri.hr

For more information

This project has received funding from the European Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 613465.