Dutch and Italian words

June 13th, 2009

Pickung up on the Speech Bubbles project idea and extending the idea of presenting words in a foreign language you find here a new clip from a school in Maastricht with a few words in Dutch and Italian and also a short introduction in both. More about the current video language development also on divisproject.eu.

Online chapter “video words” published

April 14th, 2009

The first chapter of the DIVIS online guide is published. “Video words” is the entry level area especially for primary schools. You can find a brief overview of the ideas, a step-by-step guide and a word matrix with different options of what can be done.

You can find it all on the divisproject.eu site.

New publication: Speaking for Europe

March 4th, 2009

A new publication from the EU Commission is available in several languages and as a pdf download:

Speaking for Europe
Languages in the European Union

You can download it here.

First collection of video articles according to language

March 1st, 2009

Check out the DIVIS video gallery and you find a first migration of the Speech Bubbles video articles sorted according to the language presented. This will be the beginning of the coming “video words” theme where you are invited to participate.

Languages and Film Talent Awards (LAFTAs)

October 17th, 2008

The award winners have been anounced and this years competition is over. You find the list of all winners and more information here.

And here is the best overall entry:

Football and languages

May 10th, 2008

Two useful resources to explore this area:

“I speak football”

“Soccer Lingua”