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We did it! LangWork publications about translanguaging practices are out
Dear Followers, As the project coordinator, I am pleased to announce that the LangWork team has published all project publications. You...

Alicja Fajfer
Nov 10, 20232 min read
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Who can save minority languages?
Noteworthy news came from Wales last week. The Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith) elected a new chairman. Joseff Gnagbo is the...

Alicja Fajfer
Oct 19, 20232 min read
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Happy Plain Language Day
We celebrate the international Plain Language Day on 13th October. This year, 13th October is a Friday. Some people believe it to be a...

Alicja Fajfer
Oct 13, 20231 min read
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LEGO bricks, language and linguistic insecurity. Are we serious?
LANG@WORK training can never be boring. The team had the chance to unleash their creativity and get access to the LEGO bricks that we...

Olesya Chayka
Sep 20, 20232 min read
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Sunny warm days in Finland, LEGO bricks and LANG@WORK project final meeting
The team took a summer break, but as well as relaxing in the sun, we were busy writing - research papers, chapters for the toolkit and...

Olesya Chayka
Aug 31, 20231 min read
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Speechless? Draw a comic. Tell a story.
During our team training in Berlin in November 2022, we talked a lot about linguistic insecurity. Linguistic insecurity is the anxiety or...

Olesya Chayka
Jul 4, 20232 min read
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Translanguaging in kindergartens and schools? How?
Koopkultur team together with a partner organisation from Pankow borough of Berlin MigraUp were running a workshop on Multilanguaging at...

Olesya Chayka
Jun 1, 20233 min read
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28 May is International Simplified Language Day!
When we talk about translanguaging, we are thinking about ways to make communication easier for all participants. As a teacher, you are...

Olesya Chayka
May 26, 20232 min read
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How would AI run a bilingual meeting?
How does LangWork find practices and tools that bridge the gap between people's mismatched language skills? As a team of experts in...

Alicja Fajfer
Apr 12, 20234 min read
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Linguistic Landscape Mapping - Get to know your neighbourhood
Spring is at its peak and the weather welcomes more activities, walks and travel. When travelling, I'm sure most of us rarely pay much...

Olesya Chayka
Mar 30, 20233 min read
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Workshop report: Drawing attention to insecurity
On the International Mother Tongue Day 2023, LangWork partners led a workshop at the ‘Language and Power’ Symposium, organized by Yekmal,...

Alicja Fajfer
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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Linguistic wellbeing at the workplace
The LangWork Partners looked at linguistic setbacks at education institutions and found that people struggle with 2 kinds of challenges....

Alicja Fajfer
Feb 6, 20232 min read
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“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” - Aristotle
The German colonial Empire, comics, Lego, policy at the working environment, a little chicken story, a group of adults, 3 days in Berlin...

Olesya Chayka
Dec 13, 20221 min read
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How one can learn Italian in 4 days or The second meeting of partners in Bari, Italy
I, personally, was very happy finally to see all the partners in Bari. At some point I thought we were never going to make it to Bari or...

Olesya Chayka
Sep 16, 20222 min read
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Italy: Disappearing Dialects and Monolingual Mindsets
LangWork is back to sketch a language-related picture of Italy. Multilingualism is nothing new to Italy, which became one state only in...

Alicja Fajfer
Aug 2, 20222 min read
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The Essential Role of Multilingualism in Education
Summary of a very inspiring event Putting SDG 4 Back on Track After COVID-19: The Essential Role of Multilingualism in Education.

Olesya Chayka
Jul 12, 20221 min read
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Multilingualism and Translanguaging in Germany
Below is a summary of the literature review featuring initiatives existing in Germany aiming to build a welcoming multicultural society.

Olesya Chayka
Jun 19, 20223 min read
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Multilingualism in Finland: Opportunities and Challenges
Our first task in the LangWork project was to assess partners’ countries strengths and weaknesses concerning multilingual communication....

Alicja Fajfer
Jun 9, 20223 min read
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The first offline partners meeting in Volos, Greece
It’s already hard to believe that in the beginning of the week on March 14th representatives of all organisations met for the first time...

Olesya Chayka
Mar 19, 20222 min read
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UNESCO's International Mother Language Day in Berlin - official presentation of the project
On the 21st of February, Berlin was celebrating International Mother Language Day. All events during this day aim to facilitate the...

Olesya Chayka
Mar 2, 20222 min read
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