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Dr Beverly-Anne Carter (second from left), Director of the Centre for Language Learning (CLL) at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus, with specially invited guests at the Brazilian Film Week opening night, which took place at from Wednesday 30th September to Sunday 4th October, 2009. The Film Week showcased the creative wealth of the Brazilian film industry, and provided interested persons with exposure to Brazilian culture and lifestyle and language. PHOTO BY ANEEL KARIM.
Flyer for Annual Heritage Language Conference. Monument Valley High School, San Juan School District, Monument Valley, Utah.
VIRTLANTIS is a free resource and open community of practice for language learners and teachers in the virtual world of Second Life®. We offer free informal language learning activities for a growing number of languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, etc. All of our activities are offered free of charge by volunteer language teachers and/or native speakers.
Everyone is welcome to offer a language activity at VIRTLANTIS. We provide free resources and ongoing support. We also collaborate with and promote other language communities in Second Life.
In addition to our main island and the various social meeting points at Knowingly, we have additional locations which can be used when needed.
If you are interested in participating in any of our current activities or would like to offer your own language activity, feel free to contact us in-world, on Facebook, on Skype or via e-mail: info@virtlantis.com.
*In order to visit VIRTLANTIS, you will need to join Second Life and install a Second Life viewer.*
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Teleport Link:
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www.virtlantis.com/resources.html
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www.virtlantis.com/slurls.html
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NEW!
In addition to providing our main island as a free resource, we now have a second island which can be used for special language or culture related events such as presentations, workshops, seminars, roundtables, conferences, demos, concerts and parties!
Our new "Paradise Island" can be used free of charge by anyone who needs a private or public space for a large event (maximum 20 avatars). We gladly provide additional support and resources on an as needed basis. We can also modify the look and feel of the island to help create the ideal atmosphere for your event.
*To reserve and make use of Paradise Island, simply send an e-mail to info@virtlantis.com or contact Kip Yellowjacket or Abraxas McAndrews in-world.*
VIRTLANTIS is a non-profit project of the Oxford School for English, a private language school located in Germany and Austria. It is also a collaborative effort which includes language teachers and learners from all over the world.
Oxford School for English:
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January 22, 2016: Featuring Lee Godbold, ASL Interpreter.
Sponsored by Freestyle Language Center, Vitamin T, and Cuvée Coffee.
Hosted at Texas School for the Deaf.
Photos by Steve Moakley.
Video Production by Erik Mauck.
Maybe two dozen languages are shown in the wall niche space of the covered entry to the Grand Rapids Public Museum. Green, orange, and blue painted base colors make a cheerful backdrop for the bright white of the phrase "be curious" displayed in a different order on each of the niches.
Many of the languages represented use non-alphabetic forms of notation. So perhaps the basis for choosing which ones to display was visual variety, rather than national population size or city refugees resettled nearby, for example. Although the designers may have intended no ill will, when one person's culture and language is featured, but another's is excluded then some dissatisfaction may be kindled. Such finite resources as wall space can be the source of conflict that contributes to cultural politics.
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People at this gas station don't have problems with languages, if they don't know the word in English, they combine many languages to improve their service. In Croatian, "Plin" is word for gas (not gasoline)...
The Wistarion, p. 18, 1955, Archives & Special Collections, Hunter College Libraries, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City.
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An English language version of a British Army leaflet, an Arabic version of which is given to motorists on a main approach road to the southern Iraq city of Basra, tells residents that they will not be abandoned April 4, 2003. Coalition forces battling to win over the residents of Iraq's second biggest city are running into an obstacle more difficult than most of the military defences they have faced -- the language barrier. REUTERS/Chris Helgren REUTERS
UW-Madison’s Language Institute hosted World Languages Day on November 14, 2013 at Union South. This exciting, college-for-a-day experience introduces more than 600 Wisconsin high school students and their teachers to many of the world languages and cultural topics offered at UW-Madison. The event, which features faculty, students and staff, aims to inspire students to pursue a second or third language regardless of their educational and career goals.
Photos by Kerry G. Hill/UW-Madison Division of International Studies
The great Manx speaker and language activist, Charles Craine, who was of great importance to the continuation and revival of Manx Gaelic in the second half of the twentieth century.
This picture was taken by David Fisher in the 1970s.
It is uploaded here with his permission.
Gura mie ayd!
More information about Manx is available here:
Culture Vannin exists to promote and support all aspects of culture in the Isle of Man.
Seymour Dual Language Academy students enjoyed the annual Carrier Holiday Celebration, where each student received a gift to take home while enjoying some holiday magic. Photos by Marilu Lopez.
Students from Baku Oxford School (BOS) and Baku European Lyceum (BEL) gain an increased appreciation of the English language through activities that help them learn about famous English writers and poets. (Photo Credit: UNO Baku, 23 April 2010)
This French-language opera in three acts is a fictionalized version of the story of the Martyrs of Compiègne. Set in the closing days of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, the opera tells the tragic story of Carmelite nuns who were guillotined in Paris for refusing to renounce their vocation.
Inspiration & Co talk no. 3 with Gary of the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics.
Urmia (Turkish language: Urmu, Urmiyə, اورمیه; farsi: ارومیه‎) variously translitterated as Oroumiyeh, Orūmīyeh and Urūmiyeh, is a city in and the capital of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 577,307, with 153,570 households.
The city lies at an altitude of 1,330 m above sea level on the Shahar Chay river (City River). Urmia is the 10th most populated city in Iran. The population is mainly mainly Azerbaijanian Turkish(85-90%), with Kurdish, Assyrian Christian, and Armenian minorities.
Urmia is situated on a fertile plain called Urmia Plain, on western side of Lake Urmia; and eastern side of Turkish border and marginal range of mountains.
Urmia is the trade center for a fertile agricultural region where fruit (especially Apple and Grape) and Tobacco are grown. An important town by the 9th cent., Urmia was seized by the Seljuk Turks (1184), and later occupied a number of times by the Ottoman Turks.
Urmiye (Türkçesi:اورمو, Urmu, اورمیه, Urumiyə;Farsça: ارومیه, Orumieh), İran'ın Batı Azerbaycan Eyaleti'nin yönetim merkezi olan şehir. Şehir, bağlı olduğu eyaletin orta kısmında, Urmiye Gölü ile Türkiye sınırı arasında, kendi adıyla anılan ovada kuruludur. Nüfusu 2006 yılı verileriyle 577,307 kişidir ki Urmiye ülkenin en büyük 10. şehridir.
Urmiye şehrinde nüfusun çoğunluğunu (tahmini 90%) Türklerdir, azınlık kısmınıysa Kürtler, Süryaniler ve Ermeniler oluşturuyor.
The City of Monterey held its 3rd Annual Language Captial of the World Festival on Sunday, May 7. Volunteers from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Naval Post Graduate School, and Middlebury Institute came together to with other cultural performances from all over California to help put on a memorable show for the community. (U.S. Army photo by Amber K. Whittington)