International Mother Language Day-- Celebrate with Music, poems, stories. by Rebeca Lozano

Multilingual education: A pillar of intergenerational learning

rebecalozano4_1 — 2024-02-21 00:33:37 UTC

International Mother Language Day 2024 is an opportunity to remind the international community that multilingual education enhances learning when the language of instruction is the learner’s first language. The use of learners’ own languages for literacy and learning provides a solid pillar for education, and for transfer of skills and knowledge to additional languages. Learning in one’s first language facilitates understanding and interaction, and further develops critical thinking. It strengthens self-confidence and self-esteem and stimulates active participation. In addition to boosting learning, multilingual education contributes to opening the doors to intergenerational learning, the preservation of culture and intangible heritage, and the revitalization of languages. It enriches multilingualism on the web and is essential for digital literacy. Multilingual education also helps in acquiring life skills, especially in the context of emergencies, crises and natural disasters. Thus, refugees, internally or internationally displaced people and those excluded or marginalized from quality education, such as Indigenous peoples, are not left behind.

Language as cultural identity

rebecalozano4_1 — 2024-02-21 00:35:23 UTC

rebecalozano4_1 — 2024-02-21 00:37:23 UTC

Today, share with us your favorite song, poem, or story in the language you feel closest to, or your mother tongue. Something that touches you when you hear it, something that your grandmother wrote, sang, or said to you as a child. Connect with the language and the identity it brings you.

rebecalozano4_1 — 2024-02-21 00:46:13 UTC

Una de mis canciones favoritas de Shakira...

2024-02-21 02:26:46 UTC

Una de mis canciones favoritas en español. Como el agua

rebecalozano4_1 — 2024-02-21 04:06:48 UTC

2024-02-21 04:20:35 UTC

A beautiful poem

Pennsylvania Dutch English

jessicamaley711 — 2024-02-21 04:24:45 UTC

Pennsylvania Dutch English is a dialect of English that has been influenced by the Pennsylvania Dutch language. It is largely spoken in South Central Pennsylvania, both by people who are monolingual in English and bilingual in Pennsylvania Dutch and English.

Think of Others by Mahmoud Darwish

srefai1 — 2024-02-21 04:32:16 UTC

فكِّر بغيركَ

وأنتَ تُعِدُّ فطورك، فكِّر بغيركَ
لا تَنْسَ قوتَ الحمام
وأنتَ تخوضُ حروبكَ، فكِّر بغيركَ
لا تنس مَنْ يطلبون السلام
وأنتَ تسدد فاتورةَ الماء، فكِّر بغيركَ
مَنْ يرضَعُون الغمامٍ
وأنتَ تعودُ إلى البيت، بيتكَ، فكِّر بغيركَ
لا تنس شعب الخيامْ
وأنت تنام وتُحصي الكواكبَ، فكِّر بغيركَ
ثمّةَ مَنْ لم يجد حيّزاً للمنام
وأنت تحرّر نفسك بالاستعارات، فكِّر بغيركَ
مَنْ فقدوا حقَّهم في الكلام
وأنت تفكر بالآخرين البعيدين، فكِّر بنفسك
قُلْ: ليتني شمعةُ في الظلام

Linguistic Features of Southern American English

blairehart1_1 — 2024-02-21 06:09:40 UTC

This is a website from the University of Georgia's (my alma mater) Linguistic Department about Southern American English. This is the regional English that I grew up hearing and speaking. There are embedded videos that show how these features of Southern American English are pronounced.

思慕的人Sīmù de rén- The person who I miss

yihualiu2 — 2024-02-21 13:46:39 UTC

This is a Taiwanese song from my grandparents' generation. My grandfather loves this song very much! He passed away when I just graduated with the master degree, I still really miss him.