Milan Chang Gudjonsson
About Milan Chang
Milan Chang Gudjonsson was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to Iceland in 2004. She completed her doctorate in Health and Sports Science from the University of Tsukuba in Japan in 2000. She also finished a postdoctoral research position at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
She has led the Korean language group for the past nine years and joined the board of Móðurmál this year.
Career
Over the years, Milan has held various positions related to gerontology, health sciences and epidemiology. Work opportunities
About Móðurmál – the Association on Bilingualism
Móðurmál has offered instruction in over 20 languages for multilingual children since 1994. The Sports & Leisure Council and later the Department of Education & Youth have supported and partially funded the program, along with other tuition waivers and grants. Volunteers and parents carry out this valuable work.
Móðurmál was founded in 1994 as the Association of Parents of Bilingual Children to develop structured language learning with clear curricula and goals.
In 2014, Móðurmál set the following goals:
- Support numerous language groups and mother tongue teachers
- Collaborate with parents of multilingual children and create opportunities for children to learn all their mother tongues
- Participate in research on bilingualism and mother tongues
- Develop mother tongue instruction
- Support active bilingualism in Icelandic society