Blogs about: Mother Tongue
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The Mother Tongue: From a Biblical Perspective
By Fr. Ron Rolheiser “Ephphatha!”— that is, “Be opened!” —And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly (Mk 7:34b-35). Hans Urs Von Baltasar once … more →
Multilingual Education/Philippines
Advantages of Use of the Mother Tongue in Foreign Language Classroom
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yolagani wrote 1 week ago: The role and use of mother tongue (L1) in language teaching has been variously described and researc … more →
From East to West: Speaking Chinese
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enette wrote 1 week ago: There has been a lot of discussion in Singapore recently about how the Chinese language (Mandarin, b … more →
Reader’s Wives # 52 – Julie
readerswives wrote 2 weeks ago: November 27th, 2009 Went to see Morrisey on Monday night with Niall. What a gig. I’m enough of a Mor … more →
Jiang Hua Yu...
okule1912 wrote 3 weeks ago: Recently, there have been great furore over MM Lee’s admittance that the assumption of everyon … more →
Language Quirks
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americanepali wrote 3 weeks ago: When I first met P he had already been in the US for a few years, but he still had a lot of little l … more →
Kiat Sukses Pengusaha tanpa ijazah
houw wrote 3 weeks ago: Jangan pernah merasa pandai, Melainkan mesti pandai pandai Jangan terus mikir, tanpa aksi, Melainkan … more →
કોઇ અંગ્રેજ બાળકને ગુજરાતી માઘ્યમમાં ભણાવી જુઓ!
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minisurat wrote 3 weeks ago: પોતાની માતૃભાષામાં શિક્ષણ પામવું એ પ્રત્યેક બાળકનો જન્મસદ્ધિ, જીવનસદ્ધિ અને શિક્ષણસદ્ધિ અધિકાર છે. એ … more →
Courses begin!
tonyablowers wrote 3 weeks ago: So wordplay was finally launched upon Opicina this week, with an evening course on Tuesday and a mor … more →
Mother-tongue Issues: Why Indians Don't Get Each Other
barnita wrote 4 weeks ago: There’s this overused cliché about the sub-continent, “India is the land of diversity”. This … more →
Children and Language Learning
delanas wrote 1 month ago: Notes by Delana S “Linguistic contact is a key to the minds and behavior of other people. When usin … more →
1630
thewaterworks wrote 1 month ago: Engrish. You are my first language, not my mother(’s) tongue. … more →
DATE OF BIRTH
waterfriend wrote 1 month ago: DEATH When doctors declare a patient dead, all the cells in his body are alive ! Our body is made up … more →
Lelas terpuruk dikedalaman sunyi
houw wrote 1 month ago: Sendiri, saat resah didada mengharu biru Aku tersembunyikan dari kilau gemintang Di kedalaman kelam, … more →
Terbit Fajar
houw wrote 1 month ago: Burung burung berkicauan ria Meremang rona hati sepenuh Tanpa gundah, Tiada pilu Lara sirna, Lenyap … more →
Sendiri di kelam nan kusut
houw wrote 1 month ago: Kusut sudah alunan kalam Lara menghentak di dada Tajam menukik ke hati Pilu menggumpal menghujam asa … more →
Hasrat
houw wrote 1 month ago: Bening! Alunan nada rindu Kala malam hening Nyanyian kasih marasuk kalbu Bilakah? Hasrat hati memadu … more →
Fabulous Saturday?
renatogandia wrote 1 month ago: Saturday night I learned that some of my people actually know how to take time off work and let thei … more →
You don't have to be a native speaker to raise your kids with multiple languages
trilingualchild wrote 2 months ago: I would like to raise a very important point here: The language you would like to teach your child d … more →
Poem nominated for inclusion in Best of the Net Anthology
t wrote 2 months ago: I am very grateful that the editors at Frostwriting have nominated my poem “The Famine in Auhu … more →
