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We are delighted to be able to announce that Brynhildur Ragnarsdottir ETA Chapter in Iceland has agreed to speak about the ‘Language Plaza’ at the Europe Regional on Friday 5 August.

Brynhildur Anna Ragnarsdóttir, leads the Language Clinic, a multilingual, multicultural development project which seeks to coordinate the development of web-based learning and distance teaching of foreign langages within the system of compulsory education in Iceland.

She has an MA-degree in education and her teaching experience includes lower and upper secondary schools,  teacher education and in-service education for practicing teachers of languages.
Brynhildur is one of several developers of the Language Plaza, a a web-based meeting place centred around the learning and teaching of languages and multi-cultural school activities. The goal is that the expertise and services offered by the Language Plaza will be useful and accessible to as many as possible:  a variety of groups of language instructors, school directors, parents and students. 

The purposes of the Language Plaza are to ensure that students enjoy the equal opportunities which they have a right to according to law; encourage the cooperation of teachers working together without regard to their physical location; support in-service teachers with mutual communication and practical supplementary materials; share materials and harness the collective knowledge and experience of the users in a way that benefits all; respect the differing interests of widely dispersed centres of population, ensure that they flourish as a result of their own efforts and compare favorably to the capital city area. 

In the presentation there will be an overview of the different functions of the Language Plaza, what  role it plays in enabling each area of the country in the teaching of both foreign languages and the mother tongue and culture,  how the users‘ pooled experience, be it from teachers, schools or local authorities, affects its progress and development and highlights good practices in various schools.