Renata Emilsson Peskova

University of Iceland | HI · Faculty of Education and Pedagogy

This paper maps shifts in English language teaching in compulsory schools since curricular changes in 2007 and again in 2011/2013. The primary purpose of the current study is to examine the status of English language teaching from the perspective of active teachers. The secondary aim is to inform the development of teacher education programmes at t...

As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has been incorporated into domestic policy, Iceland has a legal obligation to respond to children’s linguistic human rights in schools. Increasing language diversity is addressed in both policy and practice, informed by the inclusive education principles that underpin the ideolog...

The purpose of this chapter is to investigate whether and how a common Nordic dimension underlies existing policies on second language (L2) and immigrant mother tongue (L1) education. Our research question was: What do policy documents in the five Nordic countries say about L2 and L1 instruction? The theoretical foundation lies in the research fiel...

In 1979, at the behest of the Icelandic government, the Icelandic Red Cross resettled 34 Vietnamese refugees in Reykjavik. Through the decades, the group has expanded into three generations. This contribution explores the development of refugees’ descendants’ linguistic identities that are linked to Vietnamese and Icelandic, and answers the researc...

Language hierarchies, perceived and real, influence language choices and linguistic negotiations. Linguistic identities are socially constructed, and they are negotiated in all learning spaces. They may silence students or give them power to express themselves and be listened to. This chapter explores linguistic repertoires and linguistic negotiati...

This article examines teacher’s reflections on teaching Icelandic as a second language (L2) at a university summer course. The research questions of this inquiry are: How can the teacher utilize their linguistic repertoire to teach L2 in diverse groups of adult language learners? How can these diverse groups of adult language learners utilize their...

As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has been incorporated into domestic policy, Iceland has a legal obligation to respond to children’s linguistic human rights in schools. Increasing language diversity is addressed in both policy and practice, informed by the inclusive education principles that underpin the ideolog...

The Forum of Heritage Language Coalitions in Europe (FOHLC Euope) aims to provide opportunities for those involved with heritage language (HL) education – programs otherwise known as mother tongue lessons or weekend schools – to come together to exchange ideas. The 3rd annual FOHLC Europe conference took place online on Friday, November 10, and Sat...

https://fraendafundur.hi.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fraendafundur-11.pdf

https://rowman.com/WebDocs/OA_LEX_9781666925852_CriticalandCreativeEngagementswithDiversityinNordicEducation.pdf

https://projekty.pf.jcu.cz/pku/inspirace/books/praxe_publikace.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2pF9Z8l_lIr7WbOIJ1v_Drs4gE0SEmC521GVVAylzuRK0OILCvtbj0BHk

https://projekty.pf.jcu.cz/pku/inspirace/books/ucitel_publikace.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0ogP7onSCQr3PWDG9XSpBP5moL1BBH_gWv--ysvKdTDsDrXODTGjsMZ9k

This article derives from the research project Language policies and practices of immigrant families in Iceland and their implications for education. The aim of this qualitative research project is to explore family language policies and practices of immigrant families in Iceland as well as educational practices and partnerships in their children’s...

Community-based heritage language (HL) schools play an important role in identity-building of diasporic communities. This study based on twenty-five interviews with HL school leaders and teachers of the International and Heritage Languages Association (IHLA) in Edmonton, Canada aims to understand the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on HL learners'...

The purpose of this article is to investigate whether and how a common Nordic dimension underlies existing policies on second language (L2) and immigrant mother tongue (L1) education. Our research question was: What do policy documents in the five Nordic countries say about L2 and L1 instruction? The theoretical foundation lies in the research fiel...

Monografie UČITEL jako spolutvůrce inkluzivní školy: Vzdělávání žáků s potřebou podpory z důvodu odlišných kulturních a životních podmínek otevírá z několika úhlů pohled na problematiku vzdělávání a výchovy dětí z rodin ze sociálně znevýhodněného prostředí, především pak z romských rodin.

https://millimala.hi.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-1-3.Renata-Emilsson-Peskova.pdf Plurilingualism affects students’ education, school achievement, and wellbeing. This article describes the instructional approaches that compulsory schoolteachers and heritage language (HL) teachers used to draw on the linguistic repertoires of their students....

Emilsson Peskova, R., & Jónsdóttir, V. (June, 2022). Sprachenpolitik und ihre Überschneidung mit der Bildungspolitik in Island bis zum Jahr 2030. [Icelandic language policy and its intersection with the Iceland Education Policy 2030]. IDV Magazin, 101, 25-28. https://idvnetz.org/uncategorized/idv-magazin-100-dezember-2021-2?fbclid=IwAR02H-98x7TV7fj...

Recent history and current work of Móðurmál - the Association on Bilingualism. www.modurmal.com Published in the Newsletter of International Federation of Language Teacher Associations in May, 2022. https://www.scribd.com/document/567890912/newsletter-1-2022-nordic-baltic-region

Heritage language schools are grassroots organizations that maintain the languages and cultures of immigrant communities, and offer vital community services, employment opportunities and networking to prevent social isolation. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, governments offered public schools financial support to ease the transiti...

Routledge: New York. Pp. 154 ISBN: 9781138296770 (hbk) ISBN: 9780367663117 (pbk) ISBN: 9781315099767 (ebook) Reviewed by Renata Emilsson Pesková Using ESL Students' First Language to Promote College Success by Andrea Parmegiani is a groundbreaking book that demonstrates how the commitment of an English professor at Bronx Community College led t...

Erindið sem flutt var á málræktar‏‏þingi í lok september 2021 byggir á rannsókninni ,Skólareynsla fjöltyngdra nemenda: Fjöltilviksrannsókn frá Íslandi‘ sem var framkvæmd á árunum 2014–2020. Rannsóknin kannaði samspil tungumálaforða fjöltyngdra nemenda og skólareynslu þeirra út frá sjónarhorni nemenda, foreldra þeirra, móðurmálskennara og bekkjarken...

This is a short article in English that sums up my Ph.D. research in a simple language. The objective of my Ph.D. research School Experience of Plurilingual Students: A Multiple Case Study from Iceland was to explore the interplay of plurilingual students’ linguistic repertoires and their school experience. This qualitative research explored plur...

As immigration to Iceland increased in the past decades, the demography in schools changed as well. Students in compulsory schools speak around one hundred different languages. Large-scale testing shows continuous alarmingly low results of students with an immigrant background and their high drop-out rates from upper secondary schools. The objectiv...

Using ESL Students’ First Language to Promote College Success: Sneaking the Mother Tongue through the Back Door Andrea Parmegiani (2019) Routledge: New York. Pp. 154 ISBN: 9781138296770 (hbk) ISBN: 9780367663117 (pbk) ISBN: 9781315099767 (ebook)

Parents who wish their children to learn non-official languages often enroll them in heritage language schools which operate outside of the traditional, formal, state-sponsored educational environment. These schools are typically established by immigrant parents or by community leaders who feel children are losing their language from the country of...

This research paper presents heritage language (HL) teachers’ views of HL instruction which they provide in the Greater Reykjavík Area, Iceland. The aim of the study was to explore their professional and personal experience of teaching plurilingual students as volunteer teachers, as well as to understand their motivation. The methods were mixed and...

This paper documents and analyzes immigrant parents’ ten-year-long plurilingual practice with their children, and opportunities they created for them inside and outside of the home to promote their language repertoires; it further documents the parents´ values and language competencies. The language repertoire is here understood as a sum of all lan...

Skólaveturinn 2017-2018 stóð SAMFOK, samtök foreldra grunnskólabarna í Reykjavík, í samstarfi við Móðurmál-samtök um tvítyngi, W.O.M.E.N., samtök kvenna af erlendum uppruna og einstaka móðurmálsskóla, fyrir málþingunum Allir með-tölum saman um skólamenningu á Íslandi. Verkefnið hlaut Hvatningarverðlaun Heimilis og skóla 2018 og hlaut einnig tilnefn...

Heritage language education (HLE) problematizes issues of second language studies and culturally responsive pedagogy (Gay, 2000), as it provides some answers to the sensitive topic of quality education of students of foreign background in mainstream schools (Trifonas and Aravossitas, 2014). HLE and plurilingualism receive increased attention and re...

Í vor 2017 fór ég í námsferð til Edmonton, Kanada. Ég kynntist góðu fólki í háskólanum University of Alberta, móðurmálskennurum í International and Heritage Languages Association (IHLA), en ekki síst frábærri fjölskyldu frá Akranesi, sem býr í Edmonton, þeim Bryndísi Þórarinsdóttur og Halldóri Geir Þorgeirssyni. Við Bryndís og Halldór spjölluðum mi...

Heritage language teaching in Iceland - the experience of Móðurmál - the Association on Bilingualism in Reykjavík (presentation is in Czech) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm8n6_o2Mkg

Heritage language education (HLE) problematizes issues of second language studies and culturally responsive pedagogy (Gay. Culturally responsive teaching: theory, research, and practice. Teachers College Press, New York, 2000), as it provides some answers to the sensitive topic of quality education of students of foreign background in mainstream sc...