The Language Show 4th-6th November 2005 Olympia London

[Abu Muqatil]

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As the Arabic proverb goes: Wisdom is the lost property of the believer, wherever he finds it, he takes it.


It is essential that one of the members of this blessed forums attend this event and gain as much information as possible be it from attendance of seminars and making notes or taking all the free literature available.

This is because there is a number of us here who teach Arabic (such as Shaja3aah and others) who would benefit from knowing these new techniques and skills.

Would someone please confirm they will attend?

LINK: http://thelanguageshow.co.uk/whenandwhere.html (http://thelanguageshow.co.uk/whenandwhere.html)

[al-Dandani]

Friday 1.15 – 2.00pm
700 reasons to study languages. If you're wondering whether to take your languages on to the next stage, considering how to best utilise the skills you already have or looking for new reasons to encourage your children, students or friends to take up a new language, this is the session for you. Staff of the Subject Centre for Languages at the University of Southampton skips through some of the fascinating, profitable and occasionally surprising benefits of learning languages, revealed by their recent piece of research.

Pity it's during Salat al-Jum'ah!

[Umm Mu'awwidh]

Friday 1.15 – 2.00pm
700 reasons to study languages.
or
Saturday 12.00 – 12.45pm Setting up as an Interpreter or Translator?

or any others?
which one you want someone to go to?

[Shajaa3ah]

dvantageFriday 1.15 – 2.00pm
700 reasons to study languages.
or
Saturday 12.00 – 12.45pm Setting up as an Interpreter or Translator?

or any others?
which one you want someone to go to?

These are some I noticed that seem interesting, in addition to the two you mentioned.

Friday 12.00 – 12.45pm
Learn 101 verbs in a day. Learn Verbs claim to have done for languages what Jamie Oliver has done for school dinners. See how their revolutionary series of books and pronunciation website brings fun and life to every level of language learner, presented by its author & inventor, Rory Ryder.


Friday 11.45 – 12.30pm
Weblogs and podcasts for language learning. The relatively new medium of the 'read-write' web and easy online publishing and radio broadcasting can spur new enthusiasm for writing and speaking foreign languages. Learn what podcasters and bloggers are, and get loads of ideas on how you can create your own blog or podcast. This is something to really help your own language-learning or help your students strive for excellence. Ewan McIntosh, formerly MFL Teacher at Musselburgh Grammar School, now Development Officer for Scottish CILT.

Sunday 2.30 – 3.15pm
Rapid language learning using memory techniques . "Excelerated" foreign vocab learning using the techniques of the memory masters. An introduction to the innovative language learning software from 200words-a-day.com.

Sunday 2.15 – 3.00pm
Language-learning for the language-averse. At KS1, KS2 or later, language-learners often struggle with unfamiliar phonics and irregular structures. This seminar describes how learners’ confidence can be built, a secure foundation laid for later language-learning, and literacy improved, through using the simple, regular features of Esperanto as a stepping-stone to other languages. Chaired by Professor John Wells, Dept.of Linguistics, University College, London.

[Abu Muqatil]

Friday 1.15 – 2.00pm
700 reasons to study languages.
or
Saturday 12.00 – 12.45pm Setting up as an Interpreter or Translator?

or any others?
which one you want someone to go to?

This would depend upon the ability and discretion of the individual attending, but at least try to get as much literature and cd-roms as possible and share with us here.

[Umm Mu'awwidh]

i cant promise that i'll go, even though i'd love to. my cousins getting married that saturday so i dont know if i'll make it.

[Umm Mu'awwidh]

i think i'll try going to this one (insha'allah):

Sunday 2.30 – 3.15pm
Rapid language learning using memory techniques . "Excelerated" foreign vocab learning using the techniques of the memory masters. An introduction to the innovative language learning software from 200words-a-day.com.

anyone else planning to go?

[Shajaa3ah]

Did anyone make it?