17Jul
Of course the purpose of visiting art galleries is to appreciate weird and wonderful works of art, but at the current exhibition of European Masters at the National Gallery of Victoria, my family and I were also in for a pleasant linguistic surprise. Apart from trying to figure out the German and French titles of the Staedel Museum’s collection without the aid of the English translations, my grandsons, whose LOTE is German, particularly enjoyed the language activity that was incorporated in the display. Selected works were accompanied by questions to engage the younger generation, and these were labelled from A to Z, each letter linked to an English word and then its German equivalent, e.g. L for lonely – einsam, which expressed a feeling in Max Klinger’s painting of a woman on a rooftop in Rome.
The exhibition opened on 19th June and runs to 10th October, 2010, so there’s still plenty of time to enjoy this cultural experience and to get some basic German lessons as a bonus.
Tags: European Masters, German lessons, language activity, language learning, NGV, Staedel Museum
02Mar
The Melbourne Language Picnic - 2010
The Melbourne Language Picnic is on again!
Date: Sunday, 21st March, National Harmony Day 2010, from 9 am to 5 pm.
Venue: Collingwood Children’s Farm, St. Heliers Street, Abbotsford.
Bring your family and friends, your lingo and share in some multilingual fun and games.
For further information, follow this link:
http://www.melbournelanguagepicnic.wordpress.com/
Tags: melbourne language picnic, multilingualism
11Dec
9. All ages, ACT, Cantonese, Events, Everyone, Indonesian, Italian, Mandarin, Parents, Russian, Uncategorized
Source: Mandy Scott
The turnout was similar to last year’s picnic – about 25 – and keen and useful links were made between a range of languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian, Russian, Indonesian and Welsh.
Most of the children who attended were too young for the ‘how many languages can you find’ game. However, those who had a go (and their mum!!) got something out of it. For anyone wishing to follow up on the above language connections, please contact Mandy.Scott@anu.edu.au
30Nov
Great to see the language picnics catching on!
ACT Bilingual Education Alliance invite you to the next Multilingual Picnic in Canberra. For more details, please contact Guiliana Komnacki (0414) 269 335 or email Marina.Houston@canberra.edu.au
Tags: ACT Bilingual Education Alliance
26Oct
You are invited to a FREE seminar for parents, early childhood and pre-school workers, grandparents, teachers and others interested in bilingual education.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 12:45pm – 5pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Cnr Swanston St and Monash Rd, University of Melbourne
THE SEMINAR IS FREE BUT REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL by November 23rd.
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Tags: bilingual children, bilingualism seminar, rumaccc
20Sep
You are invited to attend a free public forum to explore the advantages of educating children bilingually, with focus on establishing an Italian Bilingual School.
When: Sunday, 11 October 2009, 2pm
Where: Co As It, 189 Faraday St, Carlton
Prof Joe Lo Bianco, from the University of Melbourne will give the keynote address.
This forum is being organised by a group of parents who are members of the Italian Bilingual School Project (a not-for-profit unincorporated association).
italianbilingualschoolmelb@gmail.com
Tags: bilingual education, Italian
15Sep
Behind the scenes of the DON’T CUT OFF OUR TONGUES! campaign: For those who missed it, the ABC Four Corners program aired on September 14 can be viewed on the following link for another four weeks: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20090914/language/
Tags: bilingual education, Lajamanu, Northern Territory
