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Title: Arabic Learner Corpus
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From http://www.arabiclearnercorpus.com/#!about-the-corpus-en/c1n8o
Arabic Learner Corpus (ALC) is a project comprising a collection of written and spoken materials from learners of Arabic in Saudi Arabia. The ALC data has been captured in 2012 and 2013. It includes 282,732 words, 1585 materials (written and spoken), produced by 942 students from 67 nationalities, and 66 different L1 backgrounds. Average length of a text is 178 words.
The main corpus website is available at http://www.arabiclearnercorpus.com/
A new website for searching and downloading the corpus is available at http://www.alcsearch.com/alcsearch/
Source: University of Leeds
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Title: Frozen's 'Let It Go' in Arabic
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From http://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/frozens-let-it-go-in-arabic/
Jesa posts in Transparent Language's Arabic Language Blog a video and lyrics, both in Arabic, of the popular song 'Let It Go' from the Disney movie Frozen. You could show it to your students for fun or create an activity with it using the Arabic lyrics. Note that the translation isn't exact but encompasses the general meaning of the English-version of the song. It could be fun to take a closer look at the act of translating, comparing the Arabic version to the English version, and have a discussion about how to translate for meaning and feel versus word for word.
Access this resource: http://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/frozens-let-it-go-in-arabic/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: Viewpoint: Would Athenian-style Democracy Work in the UK Today?
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Historian Paul Cartledge looks back at the political system in Ancient Greece and compares it to the current model in the UK. "Ancient Athens operated a unique system of direct democracy in which all citizens could vote on laws themselves rather than electing representatives to do it for them. Could such a system operate in the modern UK?" This could be a good article to discuss in class, and it can be applied to the US as well.
Access the article here: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30846162
Source: BBC News
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Title: Are Lost Languages Coming Back?
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From http://www.bbc.com/news/uk/
In her article, Jenny Scott looks at some minority languages in the UK that are making a comeback even though they were (or are) endangered. Why? What's being done to bring about change? The article also provides a series of useful phrases in those languages with their translation in English.
Read the article at http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-30280239
Source: BBC News
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Title: 70 Year Since Auschwitz is Liberated (Il y a 70 ans, Auschwitz était libéré)
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From http://www.tv5monde.com/cms/chaine-francophone/
TV5Monde honors the victims and survivors of Auschwitz with video footage in French of survivors describing their experiences in Auschwitz, a timeline, and other articles about the topic. The language level is advanced as it is made for French L1 speakers. There is a lot of material to work with as well-- You may want to pick one or two videos or articles only to work with in your classroom.
Access this resource: http://www.tv5monde.com/cms/chaine-francophone/info/Les-dossiers-de-la-redaction/Liberation-des-camps/p-30108-Il-y-a-70-ans-Auschwitz-etait-libere.htm
Source: TV5 Monde
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Title: Fêtes du mois de février: calendrier et ressources
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From http://ticsenfle.blogspot.com/
María José shares some resources for the three celebrations happening in France in February: Chandeleur, Saint Valentin and Mardi Gras.
Access the resources at http://ticsenfle.blogspot.com/2015/01/fetes-du-mois-de-fevrier-calendrier-et.html
Source: TICs en FLE
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Title: Etymology of Russian Fruit and Vegetable Names
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From http://blogs.transparent.com/russian/
In this blog post, Maria discusses the etymology of some names of fruits and vegetables in Russian.
Access the post at http://blogs.transparent.com/russian/etymology-of-russian-fruit-and-vegetable-names/
Source: Transparent Language
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Title: The Persian Wedding Aghd (Ceremony), a Step by Step Journey
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From http://www.chaiandconversation.com/2015/persian-wedding-aghd-ceremony-step-step-journey
Here is another installment about Persian Weddings from Leyla Shams. In her last post entitled: Aroosi: Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Persian Weddings, which we posted in the InterCom newsletter that came out January 12th, Leyla gave an in-depth description of the events that occur prior to a Persian wedding. In this shorter follow-up post, she explores what actually takes place during the aghd, or wedding ceremony, including some key vocabulary in Persian at the end of the article. The article is in English with Persian words italicized.
Access this resource at http://www.chaiandconversation.com/2015/persian-wedding-aghd-ceremony-step-step-journey
Source: Chai and Conversation
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Title: Spanish Grammar Lessons: Los artículos (Parte II)
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From http://debocaenbocacentre.com/
Articles, like prepositions, are very small particles in a sentence, but they can be tricky to master for our students. Following from the more basic rules of articles discussed in Part 1, this week's blog post looks at more difficult uses that can be helpful for intermediate to advanced students looking to improve accuracy in their everyday interactions. They include clear rules and examples, but also exceptions.
Read the post at http://debocaenbocacentre.com/2015/01/27/los-articulos-parte-ii/
Source: De Boca en Boca
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Title: Experto teme la desaparición del español en el suroeste de Estados Unidos
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From www.fundeu.es
Research by Dr Devin Jenkins, University of Colorado, suggests that Spanish could disappear in the southwest of the US because third generation Spanish-speaking children may not learn or speak the language, even within their families. This seems to be the case in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico, and could complicate family relations between generations, as well as a loss of cultural attachment. To prevent this, Dr Jenkins believes bilingualism should be promoted and more socially accepted. The good news is that the old correlation between speaking Spanish and having a low socioeconomic background has decreased, so it's not an indicator anymore.
Access the article at http://www.fundeu.es/noticia/experto-teme-desaparicion-del-espanol-en-el-suroeste-de-estados-unidos/
Source: Fundación del Español Urgente - Fundéu
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