ICELANDIC CLASSES

We offer free Icelandic lessons for foreigners from September through November and January through April.

Classes are starting in 2023 on January 17th

The teaching is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:30- 11:30

All groups start together at 9:30 and after coffee break we divide in smaller groups according to levels. Our main focus is on spoken language and we avoid using English when we teach

Children are always welcome to join their parents to all classes!

Yes, its free!

The teaching is for free, but we happily welcome donations. The classes are funded mainly by gifts from groups and individuals.

Sign-up via email

For registration send an email to bryndis@sik.is with name, kennitala (if existing) or date of birth, nationality and phone number.

You are still welcome to join if you don´t have a kennitala (social security number) yet

For further information send an e- mail to helga.vilborg@sik.is

Program for parents and children together

Learing Icelandic through music – Mondays at 10:30- 11:30 (STILL SPOTS AVAILABLE)

Classes will start February 6th

Teachers: Helga Vilborg Sigurjónsdóttir and Bryndís Mjöll Schram Reed

For info and registration send an email to helga.vilborg@sik.is

About the teachers

Course coordinator is Helga Vilborg Sigurjónsdóttir. She has a B.ed in teaching with music as major. She also has a degree in singing and is an experienced choir director. She has served as missionary in Ethiopia for six years and has since 2019 worked full time for SÍK in Iceland. She will be coordinating the classes in spring 2023 and also teaching part time She is married to Kristján and they have five children.

Bára Friðriksdóttir is an ordained minister in the national church of Iceland. She started as a volunteer with SÍK in fall 2021 and is now working part time as a teacher of the Icelandic classes. She is married and is a mother and a grandmother

Along with them a group of volunteers lead the group work, many of them retired teachers.

Bryndís Mjöll Schram Reed is a student at The Icelandic Film School. She is also a trained singer and has many years of experience working with children as well as being a very dedicated aunt. She will be teaching the music classes for parents and children together with Helga Vilborg

Our location

We are located on Háaleitisbraut 58- 60, 3d floor, at a small shopping center called Miðbær. Our name is written on the building: Kristniboðssambandið

Upplýsingar á íslensku

Við bjóðum upp á ókeypis íslenskukennslu fyrir útlendinga frá september og út nóvember og á vorönn frá janúar og út apríl. Nýir nemendur eru velkomnir að bætast í hópinn hvenær sem er. Kennslan er tvisvar í viku á þriðjudögum og fimmtudögum. Við Byrjum með 40 mínútna innlögn og eftir uþb. 10- 15 mín frímínútur og söngstund skiptum við nemendum í hópa eftir getu og æfum okkur að tala.

Börn eru alltaf velkomin með foreldrum sínum í tíma

Kennslan er ókeypis en við erum alltaf glöð að taka á móti frjálsum framlögum. Kennslan er að mestu leyti fjármögnuð með gjöfum frá hópum og einstaklingum.

Til þess að skrá sig þarf að senda tölvupóst á netfangið bryndis@sik.is með nafni, kennitölu (ef hún er til staðar) eða fæðingardegi, þjóðerni og símanúmeri.

Nánari upplysingar veitir Helga Vilborg í gegnum netfangið helga.vilborg@sik.is