Young people are keen to learn languages. Maybe not all of them academic study of the language. Just learning a language.
So brilliant to meet all the young people at Leeds University Open Day today who want to study a language as part of their degree. A reminder that people love studying and talking about languages! And the only language I was asked about that we don't currently offer is Romanian.
Changed my mind about my title. Now: "A cold spot analysis of German and other languages in the East Midlands and rest of England". Wanted it to reflect the fact that the content is tailored to the event.
I'll present at Nottingham Uni on Language degrees in England: A cold spot analysis by language
Part of a roundtable on Language education in the East Midlands and beyond: Cold spots, challenges, opportunities and School-HE collaboration
An important event given lang degree closures in the region
At 10:40 am today I am giving an online talk on "Sustainable design and inclusive assessment in institutional-wide languages provision" as part of a forum on "Innovations in Inclusive Language Pedagogies". Looks like you can still register if interested: research.kent.ac.uk/languages-te...
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Can clever people on the internet tell me why Spanish "armonía/melodía" and English "harmony/melody" have the stress so far apart? I want to say "arMOnia/meLOdia", I guess because of English "harMOnious/meLOdious". I don't mean "because there's an accent on the í" I mean in terms of etymology.
I enjoyed reading this thread. Unfortunately I'll probably forget the mnemonic "rhythm helps you to hear music" but I hope I never forget "dia-run run help exploding ass" 😂😂😂