The multilingual fish

You see, it is always useful to learn another language, it can help you to save your onw life!
Learn a language while you sing a song

Name the sound

 

 Onomatopoeias are words that imitate the sound you hear with the object they refer to. Onomatopeias can help us to write fun poems like this one:

"It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped,

And whirr when it stood still.

I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will."

(Tom Paxton, "The Marvelous Toy")

And a video here:

Where does our alphabet come from?

  If you want to know the origin of our alphabeth, just follow this link and click on the different letters to see how they looked like in the old (very old times).
But if you want to learn about the English alphabet, just watch the video:

Alphabets Pronunciation in English

Follow this link if you want to practise your English, you don't need to register yourself, it is free and if you get bored with English, you can choose among a lot of different languages.

Any mistake?

How many mistakes can you find? Follow the link and enjoy the comics.

Languages on the Internet

Have a look at the infographic that compares the most used languages on the net and see how Chinese has become the second most used language after English (with a 42.0 per cent) and it is still growing.
Spanish is on the third place and Portuguese on the fifth.
So, if you want to learn Chinese, jsut follow the link.

breogan's lighthouse

Breogan's lighthouse is an anthology of Galician Literature that you can now read in English, written by  Antonio de Toro and published by Francis Boutle .  They are publishing anthologies of literatures of those lesser known European Languages as Manx, Breton and so many, those languages are alive and kicking, you can not say the same about  Cornish.

Romeo and Juliet

Do you like reading comics? Are you a romantic person? If your answer is yes, follow the link above and read a version of the famous love story by Shakespeare.

Do you want to learn about "Tyrone the Horrible"? Here he is:



You don't need to register to read the e-books, but you must do it if you want to leave a comment or write your own e-book.

And don't be impacient, sometimes these webpages are a bit slow.
Would you like to choose an e-book by your own? Follow the link and enjoy.

Can I have a napkin please?

Thanks to old Greeks for so many words!

More social studies lessons on Countries & States at NeoK12.com

Thanks to old Greeks for lending us so many words.
Here you have a game about English words of Greek origin.

And I hope you enjoy your summer holidays a lot, see you in September!

A language has died

(Photo:Flag  from the Isle of Man)
Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam.
A country without a language is a country without a soul

(Irish proverb)

Not only some animals are in a great danger of becoming extinct, that can happen to languages, too. And in that situation are some of the so called Celtic languages which are seriously endangered in Britain. Cornish is a dead language because its last native speaker (that means, the last person who learned it as his mother tongue) died in the early 19th century. There has been a revival in the use of this language because people from Cornwall have always had a strong feeling of identity, but this effort couldn't help Cornish to be declared extinct by the UNESCO . It is believed that about 3000 people are fluent in the language today.
Manx Gaelic is the name of the language spoken in the Isle of Man, although it is also in a great danger, a revival in the use of the Manx language has taken place, as people are increasingly finding their language as something valuable cultural legacy.

Click here to explore the UNESCO interactive Atlas of the world's languages in danger.

Galician culture

here you have Alba's views on Galicia
There are a lot of important aspects of Galician culture: the language, food, places, parties, monuments…
The most important thing of the Galician culture is its language; called galician. Galician language comes from Latin. Most Galician people talk Galician.
Other very important things of Galicia are the places and the monuments.
If you come to Galicia you can see very wonderful places as Sil Canyons, Cathedrals, beaches, Cies Islands, dunes of Corrubedo… And monuments you can see near here, as Hercules Tower, or Santiago’s Cathedral.
Some people come to Galicia to the parties. The most important parties are The party of seafood, the best in the world; The festival of Ortigueira, where young people meet for a few days and there they can listen to folk music in a lot of concerts. Others important parties are San Roque, in Betanzos, where a balloon is launched, the biggest in the world; and San Froilan, in Lugo, where there are concerts and attractions and where a lot of people go.
Galicia has very good food as octopus, pork leg with vegetables, pancakes, Galician caldo (kind of soup)...
Many tourist come to Galicia for its weather. People who live in a hot country come to Galicia looking for cool weather.
In conclusion Galicia is very wonderful, living here is great!

Thanks, Alba by your post. :)

European day of languages

Did you know that there are over 200 languages in Europe?
How many can you remember?
And did you know that between half and two thirds of the world population can speak two languages?
How many languages can you speak?
Do you have a favourite word? Or maybe you prefer a game.