Language Study (general)
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Outdoor Language Learning Games
Take the kids outside for foreign language fun. Motivate your students with relays, tag, jump rope songs, and circle games. more...
Play Go Fish in a Foreign Language
Play this classic children's card game to practice foreign language vocabulary and communication skills. more...
Foreign Language Vocabulary Games
Encourage kids to play their way to strong vocabulary skills in Spanish, French, German, ESL, or any other language. more...
Introduce young children to a second language with this fun, age-appropriate lesson plan format. more...
Foreign Language Body Parts Games
Teach children how to identify body parts in a foreign language with motivating vocabulary games, stories, and projects. more...
Write Poetry in a Foreign Language
Be inspired with the language of poetry. Play with words in English, French, Spanish, German, or Italian. more...
What's for dinner? A lesson in ethnic food and culture for the whole family. more...
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This article shares one idea about how bilingual poets can play with language to learn how to communicate ideas and cultural competence. more...
Cognates and Bilingual Students
Spanish and English share many cognates. Teachers who work as bilingual educators can use these cognates to help in a students' acquisition of both languages. more...
By: Edurne Scott
Language is the most common way to signify an affiliation with a certain social class- this includes teenage students and their own exclusive group memberships. more...
The Origin of the Word 'Black'
By: Edurne Scott
Etymology is the study of the history of words. Find out how 'black' entered the English language, from what source, and how its form and meaning have changed over time more...
By:
Isaac M. McPhee
Discovering interesting connections between seemingly unrelated words can be one of the great joys of the subject of etymology. The word Sarcophagus is a great example. more...
The Languages of Ancient Egypt
By:
Isaac M. McPhee
The Egyptian language is beautifully demonstrative of how a language can change over time through a natural, philological progression. more...
By:
Susan Whelan
It is possible to develop a varied and extensive vocabulary without resorting to memorising the dictionary. Here are some tips on having fun with words. more...
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