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So many kids in Irish schools speak more than one language every day.They might use English in school but when they’re at home, families communicate in a way that feels natural and for some, that’s in their Mothertongue. This podcast from RTÉjr Radio is for kids, teachers and families to start sharing all the wonderful things that make us, Us!

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Mothertongues podcast

International Day at Presentation School Tralee

2022/06/16

We visited Presentation Primary School in Tralee who recently hosted an international day, to celebrate their multicultural school. A school where 36 languages are spoken by students from around the world!

Ask an Expert, Part 3

2022/05/19

Language expert Rose Bridle returns to Mothertongues to answer our students' questions about how different languages work!

Creole

2022/05/11

On this weeks episode of Mother Tongues we are joined by a family who speak the native language of Mauritius - Creole!

Shona

2022/05/05

On this week's episode of Mother Tongues, we meet Liane and her mother who speak Shona, the official language of Zimbabwe!

Finnish

2022/04/28

On this weeks episode we meet Niko, Mia and their Irish Finnish family who live in Dublin. Listen back to learn Finnish phrases and songs

Ask an Expert, Part 2

2022/04/21

How are languages invented? Why are there so many alphabets? We return with part 2 of 'Ask an Expert', where we asked linguist Rose Bridle to answer your language questions. Listen back now!

Brazilian Portugese

2022/04/14

On this weeks episode of Mother Tongues, we meet Laura and her sister Clare - a musical, Brazilian Irish family who love to sing in different languages!

Heritage Language Schools

2022/04/05

Weekend heritage language schools (also called Saturday schools) are community-based settings where children work on their family language or minority language. On this weeks episodes we meet students, teachers and parents from Swedish, Mandarin, Greek, Dutch and Czech Saturday schools.

Bulgarian

2022/03/31

This week we meet Neven and his mum Vicky - a Bulgarian-Ukrainian family that live in Ireland. If you would like to learn some Bulgarian phrases, or are interested in learning about life and culture in Bulgaria, listen back to this episode!

Ask an Expert

2022/03/24

Language can sometimes feel like a mystery! Children, in every school we visited for this series of Mothertongues, had their own language questions, so we thought, why not let them ask an expert? We met linguist, Rose Bridle to help us answer their questions

Urdu

2022/03/16

On this week’s episode of Mother Tongues we meet two families who speak Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, which is also spoken in parts of India. Listen back to this episode to learn more about Pakistani and Indian culture including food, wedding celebrations and of course the language!

The Multilingual Classroom

2022/03/10

This week’s episode is for teachers who want to make their classroom a place where language is shared and used easily. Discover how teachers and their students build diversity of language into each and every day