Pidgin

What's Pidgin?

Ask daddy about Pidgin and Creole. Are they the same as versions of English such as Chinglish?

Italian

Pimpa! Dove Pimpa?

Click through resources on YouTube...

... face and body bits here ... grocery shopping here ... colori here ... story here.

For audio, try here. BBC Language Series Italian here.

And of course I have Italian resources on my ipod!

Ah! Who could forget the Italian lessons! The term that Raquel had a breakdown, the boys peed up the walls, and we all got banned.

Cantonese

Learn how to recognise Hello and Thank you in Cantonese!

Have a look through the book Interactive Cantonese.

Learn some words; numbers would be useful for the shops. We can have plenty of listening practice with this language!

Arabic

Come and get a sheet of Arabic letters from me.

In what ways are Arabic characters similar or different from Roman script or Chinese script?

Can you draw any of the characters using ink and brush?

There is a pdf here which gives you examples of English and Arabic words.

If anyone wants to listen to any Arabic, I have some beginner lessons on my ipod!

Writing

Researching the medievals this week, I came across this site.

There are plenty of examples of early writing styles here; this page shows you samples of writing in the 7th to 11th centuries. You can also see text in square and cursive scripts from the Roman period.

Look around the site. Try your calligraphy this week in a style that inspires you.