Languages Action Alliance: Lingo » Arabic http://www.lingo.org.au early childhood languages education in Australia Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:34:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Language Learning is a Picnic in the Park! http://www.lingo.org.au/language-learning-is-a-picnic-in-the-park/ http://www.lingo.org.au/language-learning-is-a-picnic-in-the-park/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:48:40 +0000 acsso http://www.lingo.org.au/?p=208 Following on from the successful Multilingual Picnic in Canberra in December last year, the first ever Melbourne Language Picnic attracted families associated with the following languages: Arabic, Chollo, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Swedish and Vietnamese.

While not everyone was able to come on the day, there was plenty of feedback and interest in supporting this kind of event in the future.

The presence of a Japanese exchange student provided an opportunity for the children with Japanese LOTEs to try out their skills, and prompted a similar exchange for those with Italian LOTE.  A highlight of the day was some basic formalized language activity, and it was a joy to observe the enthusiasm with which all the children joined in.

Alessandro, one of the video stars below, gave us this spontaneous vote of approval: ‘The language picnic is cool!’

Languages PicnicSome linguistic potential who could be persuaded to pose for a photo

Video clips:

Language bites in

  1. Japanese 1 &  Japanese 2
  2. Italian
  3. Greek
  4. Russian

If anyone would like to offer ideas, suggestions or become involved in organizing language-focused social events in their locality, please contact Angela or Brigitte.

]]> http://www.lingo.org.au/language-learning-is-a-picnic-in-the-park/feed/ 0 Celebrate the International Year of Languages: Travel round the world in a day! http://www.lingo.org.au/celebrate-the-international-year-of-languages-travel-round-the-world-in-a-day/ http://www.lingo.org.au/celebrate-the-international-year-of-languages-travel-round-the-world-in-a-day/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:01:20 +0000 ronsman http://www.lingo.org.au/?p=171

Sunday 28 September 2008, 10am-5pm

Explore the many languages of the Canberra region

Enjoy music, dance and food from many cultures

Join a free workshop! Try your hand at Arabic, Greek, Korean, Indonesian, Mandarin, Spanish, or an indigenous language; explore the Cyrillic script or Japanese writing; make a podcast in another language, hear how languages can be a career asset …

Roam around the stalls and discover the world’s languages!

Find out how and where they are taught in the Canberra region

Click here to download the event poster in PDF format

Click here to download the event poster in Word format

Receive a ‘global passport’ and get it stamped for each language you know or learn about on the day.

Raising a child in more than one language?

Share your experiences with other parents, hear some success stories, and discover more about the benefits of bilingualism (11.30am−12.30pm)

Have an opinion about language education in the ACT?

Talk to the politicians and leaders who make the policies (2pm−3pm)

Free admission

Fun for all ages

WHERE? University of Canberra: Main Concourse, Building 1 and Building 2

For more details, contact Faiz on 6201 2333 or email mandy.scott@canberra.edu.au

Click here to download the event poster in PDF format

Click here to download the event poster in Word format

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