This is the crux: foreign language ability is not just about converting information from one format to another. It's about human relationships.
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Language games - 0 views
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European site has games to learn a number of languages including French, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, German and English. There are a few free Bingo games (health and home objects). There are sheets that provide expressions (at least for French) that you'll use when playing board games or card games. Those could come in handy for building cultural vocab. that we don't often encounter in our academic language classes.
The Langwitch Chronicles: Giving students wings by building content in a VLE - 0 views
Adding Value And Beauty To My Home - 1 views
Last month, I have visited my friend whose outdoor area is truly amazing due to a very lovely outdoor structure. I then thought of having a pergola in my home to enhance my dull backyard. So I ask...
My Languages: Support Your EAL Students in Your MFL Lessons and Build Up Your PLN, Trai... - 0 views
BuiLD YouR WiLD SeLF - 4 views
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A link sent to me by the wonderful Jaclyn C. "The above activity (webpage) is in English, but I think it could be useful to label in German. Ich habe Fluegel und Pfoten. Mein Fluegel sind schwarz und orange. Ich habe Horner. Ich bin schoen aber gefahrlich. Ich habe kein…… Viel Spass Jaclyn"
Building Peace - Thoughts on Modern Conflict - 0 views
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A few years ago, while General Abizaid was still CENTCOM commander, I flew a C-17 into Cairo to pick him up after a meeting. While I sat on the parking ramp with my engines running, knocking out checklists for the next takeoff, I looked out the window and saw General Abizaid moving among a circle of grinning Egyptian military officers. He was shaking hands, talking, doing the kinds of things a combatant commander is supposed to do: keeping our alliances strong at a time when the situation in Iraq was critical. Because he is fluent in Arabic, I presume he was doing at least some of this in Arabic. I remember thinking, Wow. This is why language matters.
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Language is extremely hard. We need as many language solutions as we can get, and technology certainly can and should help fill the gap. But no matter how good the technology gets, no matter how prevalent English becomes, old-fashioned speaking of a foreign language still matters.
Guidelines PHP 8 GIG - 0 views
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PHP is the most promising scripting language used for the Development of websites, web applications, dynamic content, databases, session tracking, even build entire e-commerce sites. PHP's languages run on a server-side scripting platform. It's used for making powerful dynamic and interactive Websites. This is a broadly free, well-organized, and alternative to competitors such as Microsoft ASP.
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