Language – Greenland from the Outside In

It was a still day, cold and quiet, as I walked alone over rocks and snow. My heavy boots crunched through the crisp…

Two nights a week, I took the bus an hour across Copenhagen to the school where Danish classes were held. I arrived late…

Greenland is full of interesting characters and P is one of them – a Greenlander who has worked with my husband on and…

I was at a cafemik this week – coffee and cake at a friend’s house, to celebrate a birthday. There were a lot…

My son is shy. It’s a struggle for his teachers to engage him in class discussions at school. His shyness is partly his…

One of the means by which the schools in Nuuk encourage kids to socialise and reduce bullying is to have ‘food group’ events….

My son started learning Greenlandic four years ago and although he can understand a lot, he still doesn’t speak it much. Now, after…

‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions,’ they say. Greenland abounds in good intentions. Mine included. Last year, the Government of…

It’s well-recognised that we learn more effectively if new information is presented in a context that is familiar to us. We learn based…

Greenland from the Outside In