The Language Plaza: online habitat and network to promote language skills and icrease equity

T Thorsteinsdottir; BA Ragnarsdóttir; Sólveig Jakobsdóttir; Brynhildur A. Ragnarsdóttir

The Language Plaza: online habitat and network to promote language skills and icrease equity

T Thorsteinsdottir, BA Ragnarsdóttir, Sólveig Jakobsdóttir, Brynhildur A. Ragnarsdóttir

Faculty of Subject Teacher Education

University of Iceland

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper we will introduce a project and a new web called the Language
Plaza (Tungumálatorg in Icelandic). The Language Plaza is an online
community supporting teaching and learning of languages in Iceland where the
number of migrants with different language backgrounds has been growing fast.
This development has created a challenge for many communities and schools,
especially for smaller schools in rural districts and municipalities which often
lack funding and expertise to accommodate the needs of the children involved.
The Language Plaza has the potential to increase equity between schools and
school districts as well as between individuals of different language groups. It
can become a good model that could be well worth reproducing in many other
countries.

Original language	Icelandic
Title of host publication	The fourteenth Cambridge International Conference on Open, Distance and E-Learning 2011: Internationalisation and social justice: the role of open, distance and e-learing
Editors	Anne Gaskell, Roger Mills, Alan Tait
Place of Publication	Milton Keynes, UK
Publisher	The Open University
Pages	62-67
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78007-323-1, CDR1386
Publication status	Published - 2011

Bibliographical note

Kennsluhættir starfsþróun

Other keywords

ísrann

Access to Document

https://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/system/files/documents/2011-authorsS-Z.pdf

Cite this

Thorsteinsdottir, T., Ragnarsdóttir, BA., Jakobsdóttir, S., & Ragnarsdóttir, B. A. (2011). The Language Plaza: online habitat and network to promote language skills and icrease equity. In A. Gaskell, R. Mills, & A. Tait (Eds.), The fourteenth Cambridge International Conference on Open, Distance and E-Learning 2011: Internationalisation and social justice: the role of open, distance and e-learing (pp. 62-67). The Open University. https://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/system/files/documents/2011-authorsS-Z.pdf

Thorsteinsdottir, T ; Ragnarsdóttir, BA ; Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig et al. / The Language Plaza: online habitat and network to promote language skills and icrease equity. The fourteenth Cambridge International Conference on Open, Distance and E-Learning 2011: Internationalisation and social justice: the role of open, distance and e-learing. editor / Anne Gaskell ; Roger Mills ; Alan Tait. Milton Keynes, UK : The Open University, 2011. pp. 62-67

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The Language Plaza: online habitat and network to promote language skills and icrease equity. / Thorsteinsdottir, T; Ragnarsdóttir, BA; Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig et al.
The fourteenth Cambridge International Conference on Open, Distance and E-Learning 2011: Internationalisation and social justice: the role of open, distance and e-learing. ed. / Anne Gaskell; Roger Mills; Alan Tait. Milton Keynes, UK: The Open University, 2011. p. 62-67.

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Thorsteinsdottir T, Ragnarsdóttir BA, Jakobsdóttir S, Ragnarsdóttir BA. The Language Plaza: online habitat and network to promote language skills and icrease equity. In Gaskell A, Mills R, Tait A, editors, The fourteenth Cambridge International Conference on Open, Distance and E-Learning 2011: Internationalisation and social justice: the role of open, distance and e-learing. Milton Keynes, UK: The Open University. 2011. p. 62-67