What's Pidgin?
Ask daddy about Pidgin and Creole. Are they the same as versions of English such as Chinglish?
Monday, 31 October 2011
Monday, 24 October 2011
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.
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.
Monday, 17 October 2011
Monday, 10 October 2011
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!
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!
Monday, 3 October 2011
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.
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.
Monday, 26 September 2011
French
There are plenty of web resources around for spoken French.
BBC Language Series: French.
... and I have some Michel Thomas audio lessons on my ipod. If you want to improve, the resources are around you, and they aren't difficult to find.
BBC Language Series: French.
... and I have some Michel Thomas audio lessons on my ipod. If you want to improve, the resources are around you, and they aren't difficult to find.
Monday, 19 September 2011
Old English
Watch Eddie Izzard go to buy a brown cow using Old English.
Remember Beowulf? (Now I want to go back to West Stow Anglo Saxon village.)
Remember Beowulf? (Now I want to go back to West Stow Anglo Saxon village.)
Monday, 12 September 2011
Greek
Look at the Greek alphabet. Click on the audio files to listen how this alphabet is pronounced.
A few lessons are available from this page. Let me know what you think. Would you like to learn Greek?
BBC Languages Series: 10-part introduction to Greek.
You can do a general search on Ancient Greek mythology, customs, food, society. The web is filled with information.
A few lessons are available from this page. Let me know what you think. Would you like to learn Greek?
BBC Languages Series: 10-part introduction to Greek.
You can do a general search on Ancient Greek mythology, customs, food, society. The web is filled with information.
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