Kven language and culture worker Karin Larsen has written a rule to help children acquire animal names and numbers in Kven. (Image: Pål Vegard Eriksen)
The national center for Kven language and culture wishes both young and old an inspiring Kven language day with these animated films.
Pål Vegard Eriksen
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Kainun institutti – Kvensk institute is working on creating learning materials for Kven teaching on its teaching resource kvensk.no. There, teachers, pupils, students and other interested parties can find materials on various topics that can be adapted to different teaching situations.
The institute reports this in a press release.
Further development of kvensk.no began in a collaborative project between the Kvensk Institute and the Language Council in 2018, a project that has received funding from the Norwegian Directorate of Education. The learning resource pages are still under development, but you can already access them to get inspiration for teaching and your own learning.
Also read: Language Day is marked both in the north and in the south
On Kvensk språkdag 26 April 2024, the Kvensk Institute is launching two new animated films: Kissa oli ysinn ulkkoo and Jalopeura ja hiiri. Kvensk institute wishes both young and old an inspiring Kvensk language day with these animated films, it says.
Kväänin kielipäivä – Kven language day
- Friday 26 April marks Kväänin kielipäivä – Kven language day in Norway.
- It was on this date, back in 2005, that Kven was recognized as a separate language in Norway.
- It was the national board meeting of the Norske Kveners forbund/Ruijan kvääniliitto that in 2015 took the initiative for an annual celebration of the Kven language, which is considered one of Europe’s most endangered minority languages.
- Every second year, the Language Council of Norway awards the Kven language prize on this date. In 2023, the prize was awarded to Tove Raappana Reibo.
Karin Larsen has written a rule, “Kissa oli ulkkoo”, which helps children acquire animal names and numbers in Swedish. The names and numbers are repeated several times in a funny text. Farsott has illustrated the story and developed it into an animated film. Karin Larsen has read the text of the film, according to the institute.
Aili Eriksen has translated an Æsop’s fable “The Lion and the Mouse” into Swedish. The fable tells how important it is not to despise those who are less. Even the little mouse can occasionally help the king of animals himself. Anna-Kaisa Räisänen tells the “Jalopeura ja hiiri” fable in the animated film, also illustrated by Farsott.
Here is the link to kvensk.no: Eeventyirit – Adventure | Kvensk.no
