Your multilingual workplace by University of Groningen https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace Share your mulitlingual workplace with the other learners and add what makes it multilingual or not. en-us 2017-02-21 12:04:48 UTC 2025-12-19 19:40:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Nicky - UK https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166478258 Screenshot from website, showing info available in many languages]]> 2017-04-16 18:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166478258 shellie_hansen https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166517530 Screenshot from website in Danish, but at the top there is a link to the English section of the site. At the front of the school, there are 2 signs- one in Danish, one in English. Elsewhere in the school everything is in Danish.

]]> 2017-04-17 09:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166517530 noelenebc https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166533689 Irish, English and Philippines students.]]> 2017-04-17 12:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166533689 noelenebc https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166533696 African, Karan, English and Irish.]]> 2017-04-17 12:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166533696 Tigrinja, Tigre, Swahili, Somali, Igbo(?), Arabic, Kurmanji and Norwegian https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166538413

]]> 2017-04-17 13:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/166538413 Homeoffice https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167027557 Personal memo at home: a lot of German, some English for fun and a little Portuguese in form of small sugarbags from our last stay... 
I can change my name above. Madalena R]]> 2017-04-19 14:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167027557 University Language Center https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167029116 Motto in German and "We are languages" in several (taught) languages at the Institution (ZFA/RUB).
Madalena R.]]> 2017-04-19 14:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167029116 IB school In Colombia https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167273755 Russian numbers and some phrases for Book week. ]]> 2017-04-20 14:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167273755 Office in Chuvashia (Russia) hectoralos https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167580119 In this office signs are bilingual (what is very unusual in Chuvashia): first in Chuvash, and in the second place in Russian. But it is interesting to note that the academic level of the head of the department is written in Russian only. And the "informal" addition at the bottom (where it is said who is the security responsible) is written only in Russian too. All "informal" papers are written in this workplace only in Russian. Chuvash seems not to have a real informative value, but just a symbolic one.]]> 2017-04-21 19:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167580119 shellie_hansen https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167662064 The big sign is in English and Danish. The blue signs: left/bigger in Danish, right in English.]]> 2017-04-23 06:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167662064 shellie_hansen https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167662133 Welcome sign in 
entrance with languages represented by students at the school.]]> 2017-04-23 06:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/167662133 May 1st Rally/March in Seattle, WA, USA https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/169799527 My union represents caregivers who come from many countries and who speak many languages. We started a campaign to build empathy and solidarity in our difficult political climate and settled on a slogan that embodies that spirit and incorporates the care-giving profession. We had people from within our organization come up with the most culturally relevant translation to the phrase "we care for each other" which is not always a direct translation, but would carry similar weight and meaning. Then we printed it on banners and marched with them in the streets for immigrant rights.  Languages here are Arabic, English, Russian, and Spanish]]> 2017-05-03 21:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/169799527 Dutch language bversteeg https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/170482063 One of the tasks of the Taalunie is to support teachers, schools and governments over the world that propose Dutch as a foreign language. My work environment seems monolingual, but a very good understanding of and respect for the people we're working with, can help to have a good collaboration. ]]> 2017-05-08 12:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/170482063 My multilingual workplace alcacioteresa https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/174544338 It's amazing that in a way (almost) the whole world meets here.🤗]]> 2017-05-31 03:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/174544338 my office https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/200041902 This is is my office where I teach languages. The word charts on the left and on the door and the colour chart on the right are for teaching Dutch, The others are for teaching English. ]]> 2017-10-24 15:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/200041902 This is at the secondary school classroom where I teach English. They are putting up a poster with cutouts from newspapers on English words that we use in Spanish. A little linguistic awareness cerena00 https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/203702190 2017-11-05 23:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/203702190 Learning https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/212777496 In my place I am learning Russian, my daughter is learning Korean, my grandson is being taught his mother’s heritage language – Wiridjeri. I sought permission from the elders, who created the dictionary, to make educational material for my grandson and to teach him. My workplace is my home. I am a writer, artist and educator. 

]]> 2017-12-04 10:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/212777496 UK Language School https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/254062121 I work in a language in the UK teaching English as a second language. Around 10/15 languages are spoken in any given day :)

]]> 2018-04-21 16:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/254062121 My multilingual business utesinternationallounge https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/294888747 I am Language Consultant for multilingual families and Intercultural Communication trainer. I work with families, schools and companies and offer all my services in Italian, German, Dutch, English and French. – As a multilingual myself, I love it to speak and work in all my languages!

]]> 2018-10-19 15:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/294888747 University College of Teacher Education, Carinthia gabrielekhan4511 https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/297669832 Slowly we are on the way to internationalize some parts. The entrance of the building is bilingual (German; English – because of international students and staff members; s. foto). The first level of our homepage is 4-lingual: German, Slovene, English and Italian, s. for example the page “About us” (http://www.ph-kaernten.ac.at/ueber-uns/, http://www.ph-kaernten.ac.at/slo/o-visoki-soli/, http://www.ph-kaernten.ac.at/en/about-us/ and http://www.ph-kaernten.ac.at/it/chi-siamo/). (The doors of the toilets have also 4-lingual signages.)]]> 2018-10-27 17:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/297669832 Spanish teacher online pagicave17 https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/297678559 This is my office at home, I teach Spanish to students from all over the world. Although I speak Spanish to my students from the very beginning,  there are times were we use English as lingua franca for concepts that are too complicated. Teaching a foreign language is not an one way process , every day I learn something new about Italian, French, German and the other mother tongues of my students. ]]> 2018-10-27 19:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/297678559 daliaumanskiy https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/297731886 World's Fair is a family event that celebrates diversity in our school community, which involves fun activities for children and adults including cooking and trying food from international cuisines. ]]> 2018-10-28 10:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/297731886 Display of Museum leaflets https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/372262032 This display of leaflets in the Ashmolean demonstrates development and representation of audiences through providing information in a few languages...]]> 2019-07-25 08:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/372262032 Tour bus in Oxford https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/372312833 This bus has flags on the side advertising tours in different languages, on the street where I work. ]]> 2019-07-25 20:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/372312833 Bangor University: Thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about multiculturalism in Bangor. This photo is from Bangor University, United Kingdom, where I am doing my research. You can see here the students from multi-ethnic groups thus obviously it is clear that they speak different languages. The students were from Bangladesh, Africa, London, Wales and India. So their cultural diversity demonstrates the picture of multilingualism. When we were going together as a group at that time we were speaking about languages and their cultures. morveroshan2 https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/485553841 2020-03-31 23:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/485553841 Penny Fillekes https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/487061653 My office at home. Nothing much multilingual except for the world globe.]]> 2020-04-01 15:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/487061653 My multilingual workplace https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/489837964 I teach EFL/ESOL to Polish adults, and this is one of my last classes. I have to be able to explain certain grammar rules in other languages if they don't have the same concepts in their own tongues. I also teach Spanish and Romanian students (though not at the moment because the world is in crazy mode). Everything in my life is pretty much multilingual ;)]]> 2020-04-02 20:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/489837964 Spanish Teacher https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/490174746 My native language is English, but I teach Spanish levels 1 and 2 to middle school students. It’s hard to become multilingual as you get older, especially when the surrounding area is not as multilingual yet. The US is behind the times in terms of making a second language a part of the curriculum, but there are so many students that come into my class already speaking two or more languages from their parents. My job id to try to get these 10-24 year olds excited about maybe their second or third language without making it seem like a chore.
Unfortunately, I dont have any photos to share.

]]> 2020-04-03 01:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/490174746 Multilingual Kindergarden https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/490676577 I am working in a multilingual kindergarden in France. 
Spoken languages are French, English and German, depending on the group.
I always love to see, how children which normally do not learn for example Germen, start communicate in German during lunch.
Conversations become a great mixture of all three languages.]]> 2020-04-03 09:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/490676577 My multilingual office frcgbr2 https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/492624270 This is my office, an office I have been sharing with Italian and Danish colleagues. In one single day I can speak up to 8 languages with other colleagues, especially Italian, English, French, German, Danish, Rumanian, Spanish and a bit of Bulgarian. This may happen at meetings, in the corridor, at lunch or coffee breaks, in the lift or on the phone.]]> 2020-04-04 17:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/492624270 Secondary School English Teacher farahalo97 https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/492746694 I teach ESOL to native speakers of Arabic. In my school, all three of Arabic, English and French are spoken both in and out of class. So, I would say that I have a pretty good multilingual workspace.]]> 2020-04-04 20:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/492746694 European School https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/506122363 I teach in a European school and multilingualism is our daily life. This picture shows our language sections at school all united during the celebration of Peace Day.]]> 2020-04-14 11:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/506122363 Nicole https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/507089866 I don’t have a photo but I work in a small university in the West Midlands. We have students who speak many different langages ( mainly heritage languages) though our medium of instruction is English. Also we have Erasmus students who join us regularly for placements and this is when the university is at its most vibrant and interesting.]]> 2020-04-14 18:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/507089866 International Exam Board https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/525825040 I'm afraid I don't think I can share photos of my workplace, partly because due to current circumstances I am working from home, and partly because we have a lot of confidentiality issues being an exam board! I work on the team handling English exams, but in my near proximity are the Arts and Languages team, who apart from being multilingual each have a little flag on their desk from a different country. Apparently these flags don't represent the language of the papers each person works on, so instead are purely a celebration of diversity in language and culture. Apart from that, we have social groups in the company dedicated to things like language exchange, and those who travel abroad for work purposes share their experiences and photos which are shared on screens around the building.]]> 2020-04-23 13:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/525825040 Summer camp https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/543398528 I was working in a summer camp, where I was Art & Crafts Instructor and Camp Counselor. It was a great experience, because I met staff members from around the world and it was interesting to get into different cultures and languages! It was meaningful to teach kids from USA, because they really enjoy having teachers from other countries and they show a lot of interest on that. ]]> 2020-05-01 02:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/543398528 I teach ESL in South Korea. Where I work, at a rural area, Korean is dominant. Majority of English is spoken on school grounds and when students attend private academies. We have several multicultural students, but one parent's language is the main one spoken at home. https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/586118923 2020-05-21 01:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/586118923 Hatching DRagons Bilingual Schools https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/902004791 50% of our staff team are chinese, offering an immersion in Mandarin for our children. We also have french speakers, arabic, urdu, pashtun and creole. Oh and English]]> 2020-11-08 18:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/902004791 Multicultural airline crew https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/923387716 This picture was taken before a football match between Portugal and Hungary a few years ago. We watched it all together in Cologne, Germany, where we were all based. Some colleagues from Spain and Italy also joined that day, but in a normal day at work we could have crew from Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia...  English was the official common language (as in aviation in general), but the mix of languages was part of the routine. ]]> 2020-11-14 21:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/923387716 Surrounded by three languages bmorenohurtado https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/1009465969 I teach ESL in a multilingual high school in Granada (Spain). Our curriculum is carried out in Spanish, French and English and we take special care that the three languages are as present as possible in, for instance, school signage in order to promote a multilingual landscape. We sometimes follow PBL and try to create final products where these three languages are represented. For instance, last year  our students made a multilingual calendar to raise awareness of water waste.]]> 2020-12-11 12:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/1009465969 Multilingual classes igatsonides https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/1379724927  The homepage of my employer offers information in Dutch (native language), English and German.

Furthermore student speak many other languages. Dutch and Frisian are most common in location Dokkum, even some of my colleagues teach their subjects in Frisian.

In Leeuwarden, the main language is Dutch, but here more students speak all kinds of languages, as they have roots or originally come from Turkey, Morocco, Tunesia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Curaçao, Aruba, Surinam, Iran, Irak, Syria, Azerbaijan,  China, Greece, Croatia, Myanmar, Yemen, Sri Lanka… And that’s only the students I've taught in the past year.

 In one of my most multilingual classes we have a group of four that speak Arabic and a group of three that speak Papiamentu and they help each other out with all kinds of assignments. Some of my colleagues say they should always try to speak Dutch to each other, but after two weeks of this course I get the idea that it is not such a bad idea to use their common language in class after all.

]]> 2021-04-03 17:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/1379724927 Furniture company sandymitchell7 https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/1399265344 This is the factory of the company I work for. Mostly we speak English, some Afrikaans and the workers speak Xhosa. I do speak a bit of Xhosa to them, but mostly it cracks them up! We also have staff from Malawi who speak Chichewa.]]> 2021-04-09 09:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/UniversityGroningen/multilingual_workplace/wish/1399265344