Language learning, politics and non-league football
Germany 1:0 England – ELT Publishing in Deutschland by Web Editor on 6 February 2018 in ELT publishing, Publishers This post is the second in our series on working in ELT materials development around the world. Here, Clare Maas describes the situation in Germany.
Source: Germany 1:0 England – ELT Publishing in Deutschland | MaWSIG
Speaking your language: Ireland’s 72 different languages
Updated / Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 09:42
“How does Ireland value multilingualism? How often do we hear and listen to these new voices?” By Dr Anne O’Connor School of Languages, Literatures and Culture More from NUI Galway Opinion: 13 percent of the Irish population are now multilingual which means implications and challenges for Irish society and culture Ireland’s multilingualism is a new and developing phenomenon that has received little institutional
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How Latin Became The Romance Languages
Patrick Wyman1/05/18 12:18pm
The Latin language is one of the Roman Empire’s lasting legacies. We hear it around us every day in the form of direct Latin loan-words into English, like “abdomen” or “exterior.” Every time you say something is “necessary” or you need to make a “revision” to a document, you’re using a loan-word from French, which ultimately derives from Latin as
Using games for win-win learning
25 January 2018 by Oxford University Press ELT
Like many people around the world, I recently took time off at the end of December and the New Year to relax at home. A common feature of any holiday season, alongside eating large meals and seeing family and old friends, is playing games. For example, my son was playing with a new video game console and within a short time I was addicted and striving to reach the ‘next level’. Then, after finishing off yet an
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Teachers with Northern accents are being told to ‘posh up’, here’s whyJanuary 17, 2018 12.01pm GMT
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The Unabbreviated Guide to the CEFR: The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages At your cafe table, you hear somebody nearby bragging. “Oh me, I’m slightly fluent in German.” You were minding your own business. Taking pictures of your latte, hoping that one of the pictures is worthy of your prestigious Instagram account.
ELT publishing: Can the UK learn from the Canadian example? by Web Editor on 16 January 2018 in ELT publishing, Publishers This is the first of a series of blog posts in which ELT materials writers around the world share their thoughts on writing in specific countries. Here, Tania Pattison describes her experiences writing for a major publisher in Canada.
Source: ELT publishing: Can the UK learn from the Canadian example? | MaWSIG
RESOURCES: EDUCATIVE SELFIES 15th January 2018 Google Arts and Culture The trend of the week is going to be this entertaining app. How to use this tool in class? A while ago I read something about celebrities and their historical doppelgängers (here). Then there were people that found their lookalikes in museums (here) and recently Google Arts and Culture released this app that after you have taken a selfie tries to find a museum portrait that looks like you. Some examples:
How one small expression binds German workers together and reminds them of the importance of their free time
Source: BBC – Capital – What the German language reveals about attitudes to work