Interessengemeinschaft mehrsprachiger Familien
The Interessengemeinschaft mehrsprachiger Familien e.V. is an
organization for families whose children are growing up as
multilinguals. The goal of the ImF e.V. is to offer encouragement and
advice to parents of multilingual children, by providing up-to-date
information, as well as opportunities for networking with other
multilingual families. The organization wants to help families find
other same-language families, in order to facilitate the organization
of groups and activities which will support the development of their
children's "minority" (non-German) language.
The ImF e.V. promotes bilingual childrearing through lectures,
discussion
evenings, an "Info-Bank" (a collection of books, articles and
materials related to bilingualism in a variety of languages, as well
as lists of play-groups, book-shops etc. for bilingual families), and
publication of the Polyglot, a quarterly newsletter. In addition, the
ImF e.V. works to better inform the general public about the
advantages of
bilingualism, and to combat misinformed prejudices related to
multilingualism.
As a service to non-German-speakers, the ImF e.V. publishes all of its
materials in both German and English. Requests for information sheets
or copies of the newsletter should always indicate which language is
preferred. ImF membership lasts for one year, i.e. until 31
December. Membership for new
members who join on or after October 1 of
any year will run until December 31 of the following year. To reduce
administrative costs, automatic direct debit ("Einzugsermächtigung")
is the preferred way to pay the yearly membership fee. Prospective
members can contact an ImF board member should an alternative payment
method be desired.
As the Interessengemeinschaft mehrsprachiger Familien e.V. has been
recognized and approved by the financial authorities as a
"community-enhancing", non-profit organization ("gemeinnützig"), all
membership fees and donations are tax-deductible. Members and donors
will receive a receipt at the end of the year.
ImF e.V. c/o J. Hagen, Benzstr. 17, 64546 Mörfelden
Marina Zvetina
(Fax 06105/277827)
Suggestions concerning this site are welcome:
Bernd Klein or
Marina Zvetina!
last update: March 20, 1999