Multilingual Onset, Variation and Attrition: Language Development and Language Preservation of Ukrainian Refugee Children in Europe (MOVA)

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Recent activities and outreach from the MOVA project

International workshop on Bidirectional CLI & MOVA kickoff

Participants at the MOVA kickoff workshop
International workshop on bidirectional cross-linguistic influence (CLI), March 25–26.
On Thursday and Friday March 25 and 26th we organized an international workshop on bidirectional cross-linguistic influence (CLI) and officially kicked off the MOVA project.

Popular science videos: “Three Questions to an Expert”

Expert seated for a recorded interview session
Recording session for “Three Questions to an Expert”: Cristina Flores.
On Friday we recorded a series of popular science videos titled Three Questions to an Expert, featuring Cristina Flores, Monika Schmid, Roksolana Mykhaylyk, and Tanja Kupisch.

Community event in Tromsø — Ukrainian language & family activities

Children painting at an art workshop while adults talk over coffee
Community event in the library in Tromsø.
On Saturday March 28, we held a community event fro Ukrainins in Tromsø with Oleksandra Hrebenshchykova, Anna Branets, Olga Urek, Natalia Mitrofanova, and Roksolana Mykhaylyk. Roksolana spoke about Ukrainian beyond borders — how it can be useful for tech careers in the modern world, and what research tells us about keeping the language alive. Children enjoyed an art workshop while adults connected over coffee.