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‘EUROPEAN MASTERS’ AS LANGUAGE TEACHERS

BrigitteL — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:28:04 +0000

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.

A picnic and multilingo animals down on the farm

BrigitteL — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:05:53 +0000

Melbourne Language Picnic #2

BrigitteL — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:17:19 +0000

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/

Canberra Multilingual Picnic

BrigitteL — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:47:30 +0000

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

MULILINGUAL PICNIC – Canberra

BrigitteL — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:29:14 +0000

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

RAISING CHILDREN IN MORE THAN ONE LANGUAGE

BrigitteL — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:40:23 +0000

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.

Speakers include: Prof. Michael Clyne, Dr. Susanne Döpke, Prof. John Hajek
Raising children bilingually is a very important process. There are many positive strategies that can be employed. The sessions in this seminar discuss issues in raising children bilingually, show you how to recognise your child’s needs in the language and provide you with important tools to foster your child’s language learning and maximise the advantages available to you.

TO REGISTER: Please send an email listing the names of people wishing to register to: rumaccc-info@unimelb.edu.au

THE SEMINAR IS FREE BUT REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL by November 23rd.

What you can do:
• Forward this email to any friends or family you feel might benefit from our seminar, or direct them to our website to find out more: www.rumaccc.unimelb.edu.au
• Promote the seminar in your sphere of influence, at school, day care centre, community, local government area, your local library.
• Encourage parents and those working in the area to attend.

MELBOURNE: BILINGUAL EDUCATION FORUM

BrigitteL — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:31:01 +0000

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

GOING BACK TO LAJAMANU

BrigitteL — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:48:24 +0000

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/

Suspension of Small Candidature Languages at the Year 12 (Certificate) Level

acsso — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:46:07 +0000

Public Meeting on this issue

Monday 24 August, 7.30pm
Multicultural Hub
506 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
(Opposite Queen Victoria Market, Melway Map 1E J2)

Speakers include:

Professor Michael Clyne, Universities of Melbourne and Monash
Dr Bruno Mascitelli, Swinburne University
Mr Stefan Romaniw, CEO, Community Languages Australia
Mr Frank Merlino, Principal, Victorian School of Languages

RSVP Christine 03 9474 0531

Language Learning is a Picnic in the Park!

acsso — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:48:40 +0000

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!’

Some linguistic potential who could be persuaded to pose for a photo

Video clips:

Language bites in

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.