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My experience of raising a bilingual child
Written by: Milada Walkova Martina the Explorer My eldest daughter Martina was four when we moved to Groningen in the north of the Netherlands from Slovakia, our home country. Four is the…
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Lecturer Jesse van Amelsvoort wins the Liesbeth Brouwer Award!
Jesse van Amelsvoort studied comparative literature and philosophy in Utrecht and London and graduated from the Euroculture master programme in Groningen and Göttingen. In 2016 Jesse joined our department as a lecturer.…
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MA Multilingualism student Donna Noonan wins LC Award 2017!
A short while ago, we asked you on our social media accounts to vote for our Multilingualism master student Donna Noonan — who is conducting research on the English language spoken at Dutch…
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Multi hits the grill: Garden barbecue was a great success!
Heating up the grill As the weather began to heat up in the last few weeks, our study association Multi planned on heating up the barbecue too. After all, what’s more fun than…
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Stimmen fan Fryslân: Recording the linguistic landscape of Fryslân
In 2018, Fryslân will become a real language laboratory! Next year, Leeuwarden-Fryslân will be the European Capital of Culture of 2018. The partnership Lân fan Taal is an important part of this event.…
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‘Sexuality should matter just as much as that person’s favourite colour’
‘Sexuality should matter just as much as that person’s favourite colour’ It can be difficult for young gays, lesbians, bisexual, transgender and queer people to deal with their own sexual orientation. The…
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Online courses for learning languages: the Frisian case
A ‘massive open online course’ (MOOC) is a model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course, with no limit on attendance. MOOCs are an excellent way…
The new Multi board for 2017-2018!
On April 20, study association Multi presented the new board of 2017/2018: Jesse David Marinus as chairman Desi van der Kleijn as secretary and Aileen Dijksterhuis as treasurer! Congratulations to the new…
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My exchange to the University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa
Written by: Elise Groot Preparations Last semester was my semester abroad. What I really do not want to skip because it might be of use to you is the whole procedure before…
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The MOOC Multilingual Practices is officially open!
Hooray! Yesterday our MOOC ‘Multilingual Practices’ was officially opened by Jouke de Vries, Dean of de University Campus Fryslân. Frisian poet Arjan Hut entertained us with a very original multilingual poem about potatoes.…
