Lara’s language journeys

Il-Vjaġġ tal-Lingwi Madwar l-Ewropa ta' Lara

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Il-lingwi li se tiltaqa’ magħhom fil-paġni li ġejjin jixhdu d-diversità tal-kulturi u t-tradizzjonijiet li jeżistu qrib xulxin filkontinent tagħna. Xi wħud mill-225 lingwi nattivi għall-Ewropa huma mitkellma minn miljuni ta’ nies, filwaqt li oħrajn li huma mitkellma minn ftit, b’dispjaċir kbir, qed jintilfu.

Matul dan il-vjaġġ qasir, se tiskopri diversi similaritajiet. Il-lingwi Ewropej l-aktar jaqgħu fi tliet kategoriji ewlenin: Slavi, Romanzi u Ġermaniċi, Ġermaniċi, bil-lingwi ta’ kull grupp b’għeruq simili - imma, matul is-sekli żviluppaw f’direzzjonijiet distinti minn xulxin. Se ssir taf ukoll dwar id-differenzi tagħhom: ilvarjetà ta’ alfabetti (bħal-Latin, iċ-Ċirilliku, il-Grieg, l-Armenjan u l-Ġorġjan), li ħafna drabi jużaw kitba artistika; kif jittrattaw ilħolqien ta’ kliem għal invenzjonijiet ġodda u xi kultant l-oriġini misterjużi tagħhom. Kollha għandhom identità unika u l-istorja tagħhom x’jirrakkuntaw!

How do these languages sound?

GWIDA GĦALL-GĦALLIEMA

How to use the book in class - a few ideas:

  • Where are the languages in the book being spoken?
  • Can you find similarities between the languages
  • Check out the interesting facts in the main story and work with those.
  • Which languages are similar to yours? Explore the language tree on page 51. You can also print the language tree as a poster and put it on the classroom wall.
  • Make a list for the number of mother tongue speakers from small to big.
  • Have the students find out similarities in the words in the speech bubbles: e.g. Can you see which "yes" and "no" are similar?
  • ...

How did YOU use it? Let us know any good ideas!

 
I will print the book without the information. I will give the information to the students and they will have to stick it in the correct language. Then will colour it and hang it on any school wall. At the entrance of the school we will place the cover of the book and the tree of languages to encourage families, teachers and students to find all languages around the school. I will also ask my students to think a word which languages represent for them (tolerance, culture, respect, learning, etc.) and place them also all around the school.

COLLEGI SANT BONAVENTURA, Spanja
 
I'm asking each student to work with the CANVA app and make a poster about a European country of their choice, discover its flag, map and currency. Then students must translate using Google, a few useful words for a tourist visiting that country. Finally the students must pronounce and record those words.

Anabela Brito, Portugall
 
I have printed out the pages of the book and put them on the wall all over the school. The students can read about different languages, they can also scan QR code and explore the languages themselves.

Mateja Sukič Kuzma, Slovenja
 
J'enseigne le "FLE" aux élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés au collège. Ils vont chercher les pays, y associer les langues et nous allons créer de nouveaux posters avec les leurs.

Marie, Franza
 
I have erased some of the languages in the family language trees and I am going to ask them to fill in with the missing languages that I will give them. Then I will ask which language they would like to explore more and thn I will challenge them to learn the basics of this language from the handbook and read the text. Finally, they will make posters in groups and/or record words of these languages

Maria, Greċja
 

Sticker book

In this version of the booklet the speech bubble texts are missing.
The stickers with the speech bubbles can be ordered through the national relay.

Here are all available pdf versions of the book: