https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste Use the + to add a location and comment about your special places of language interest/experience! (Remember to add your name to the title :) en-us 2021-04-30 11:23:43 UTC 2026-02-26 11:04:45 UTC hello@padlet.com moirabrazil https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2335563181 My father's family are Irish. Irish is no longer spoken as a first language for several generations now, however younger members of the family are learning it at school as part of a revival of the language outside the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking areas).]]> 2022-10-11 15:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2335563181 moirabrazil https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2353163021 My sister in law is Norweigan; I've tried to learn the language through Duolingo apps but I need real people to practice with!]]> 2022-10-24 07:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2353163021 moirabrazil https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2353165834 I went to university in Quebec city. Quebec is an official French-speaking province within Canada.]]> 2022-10-24 07:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2353165834 moirabrazil https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2353167886 My brother in law has lived in Taiwan for over 30 years and speaks Chinese, so when we visited I was completely dependent on him as the language environment was completely opaque to me (except for universal sympbols on signs and some adverts).]]> 2022-10-24 07:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2353167886 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2355183864 Steve - spent a few years teaching in the south of Japan]]> 2022-10-25 10:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2355183864 nlindstrom01 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2357139494 2022-10-26 12:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2357139494 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2358808756 2022-10-27 09:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2358808756 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2364990326 Native language]]> 2022-11-01 14:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2364990326 soniacordones https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2364995084 Second Language]]> 2022-11-01 14:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2364995084 soniacordones https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2364996044 Fluent in Modern Greek]]> 2022-11-01 14:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2364996044 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366331214 Birthplace ]]> 2022-11-02 09:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366331214 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366334589 French Language Assistant experience]]> 2022-11-02 09:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366334589 mgberry https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366348695 The Azores
I was there at the start of September working with teachers in developing their computing curriculum - I presented in English with my slides in Portuguese, and managed to keep up with the rest of the conference using Google translated transcription on my phone.
Miles.]]> 2022-11-02 09:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366348695 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366351751 Lived and worked for a month, struggled with language throughout]]> 2022-11-02 09:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366351751 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366353048 Hi my name is Moira and I'm originally from Toronto, Canada. It is a highly multilingual city and I love it! :)]]> 2022-11-02 09:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366353048 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366354917 native language, which I teach🤙]]> 2022-11-02 09:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366354917 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366355052 Lived and travelled back and forth for many years.]]> 2022-11-02 09:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366355052 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366356655 Hometown]]> 2022-11-02 09:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366356655 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366356953 This is the village where I'm from! ]]> 2022-11-02 09:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366356953 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357093 2022-11-02 09:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357093 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357136 The town where I am from. ]]> 2022-11-02 09:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357136 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357242 Various times when travelling in Vietnam I was approached by students who wanted to practise their English for their school homework.]]> 2022-11-02 09:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357242 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357484 I grew up in Hong Kong so have been surround by and exposed to a very international community with many many languages but particularly Cantonese for the best part of 15 years.]]> 2022-11-02 09:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357484 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357637 2022-11-02 09:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357637 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357863 Birthplace]]> 2022-11-02 09:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357863 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357957 2022-11-02 09:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366357957 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366358121 I’ve just read a book about Polari. It’s a language used by gay men most famously in the mid-20th century when homosexuality was illegal]]> 2022-11-02 09:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366358121 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366360270 I lived in Guatemala for almost a year, running a restaurant]]> 2022-11-02 09:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366360270 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366361065 German is my third language.]]> 2022-11-02 09:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366361065 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366362154 I have been a French language assistant in different schools in Belfast. This is when I realised I wanted to become a teacher. ]]> 2022-11-02 09:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366362154 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366363120 Anglo-Saxon (Old English), I spent a few months studying Old English until COVID unfortunately prevented the classes progressing. I still practice my written translation skills today.]]> 2022-11-02 09:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366363120 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366363866 Finnish! One of the hardest languages I have come across!]]> 2022-11-02 09:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366363866 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366367370 I grew up in Hong Kong, a multilingual place where there are a great amount of people especially from other parts of Asia, such as Pakistan, India, Philippines and more. The most common or official language we speak in HK is Cantonese. Cantonese has a lot of different tones, the same word or syllable with different tones mean differently.]]> 2022-11-02 09:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2366367370 https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2550727929 2023-04-11 21:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/moirabrazil/zra3kjd4hqjiuste/wish/2550727929