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Accent Expert Breaks Down 6 Fictional Languages From Film & TV | WIRED

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Dialect coach Erik Singer analyzes some of the most famous “constructed languages” in movie and television history. Which real-life languages inspired “conlangs” like Klingon and Dothraki?

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Check out more from Erik here: http://www.eriksinger.com/

Languages Covered: Na’vi, Dothraki, Klingon, Sindarin, Parseltongue, Ewokese, Shyriiwook, Divine Language, Mork Speak, Groot Speak, Malkovich, Furbish, Heptapod.

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Accent Expert Breaks Down 6 Fictional Languages From Film & TV | WIRED

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How to Learn a Language On Your Own

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For all the languages that I have learned, I only attended school twice. However, in every case it was becoming an independent language learner that brought me success.

0:00 – The one thing you need to be a successful language learner.
1:14 – The three keys to language learning.
2:10 – How LingQ helps Steve to be an independent language learner.
2:46 – How to get started in a language you don’t know at all.
6:24 – How to be an independent learner in a classroom environment.
7:24 – Moving past the beginner stage.
8:58 – How to combat the loneliness and frustration of language learning.

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Become an Independent Learner – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff0v1mkUON4

Learn Languages for your Own Reasons – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wmTrNYGZtU
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What happens when you go on Omegle, but instead of speaking English you try to communicate in every other possible language? Watch this video to find out and let me know in the comments what you want me to do on Omegle!

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Practicing Multilingual Identity: Children’s Theatre | Bonnie Chan | TEDxRoyalCentralSchool

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Cantonese is the mother tongue of many people of Hong Kong and East Asian descent in the UK. Bonnie and her theatre company use music and theatre to help children learn Cantonese as a heritage language or as an additional language in a fun and engaging way.

Bonnie is a Hong Konger based in London. She is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Little Bean Theatre, the first and only theatre company catering for Cantonese-speaking children and families in the UK. She is a theatre maker, researcher and teacher. Her research interest covers theatre and education as well as community cultural development. Bonnie is the co-founder and co-artistic director of Little Bean Theatre, the first and only theatre company catering for Cantonese-speaking children and families in the UK. She is a theatre maker, researcher, educator. Her research interest covers theatre and education as well as community cultural development. She is awarded as West Kowloon Young Fellow (Performing Arts) 2019 with her Little Bean project. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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Things Bilingual/Trilingual/Multilingual People will Understand

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About This Video:
In this video I’ll be talking about the things that bilingual, trilingual, or multilingual people can relate to. Like I mentioned in my previous TCK video, I move around A LOT. Growing up living in different countries (South Africa, Taiwan, Solomon Islands, Japan, Australia, Hungary… etc) and also learning different languages at school, turned me into a bilingual/trilingual person. Am I fluent in all the languages I’ve learned throughout my life? No, but I am able to understand most of them, just that the speaking part can really mess with my mind with all the grammars… that’s another story. I am pretty sure you have at least one person in your life that is bilingual / trilingual / multilingual. Or maybe you are one. Can you relate to these things I’ve mentioned in the video?
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaM1AkMzuDxzVE1rCAlUD2A
Alan Walker – Force [NCS Release] https://youtu.be/xshEZzpS4CQ
Tracks: City of Angels
Artist: LAKEY INSPIRED

I am not claiming any of this music to be mine.
All rights go to the creator.
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Brother Bear- Meets Rutt & Tuke:

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Language and Multilingual Societies

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In this video, we discuss and evaluate language policies in societies that strategically position themselves as multilingual in order to preserve their language history, to respect the language rights of minority language speakers, and to fully exploit the economic potential of the language skills of their citizens.

To access the handout for this video or to browse our catalogue of free PD videos, visit our website at www.aceducation.ca.

The presenter in this video is Dr. Dianne Tyers, an experienced English language teacher trainer based in Canada.
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Need to make your WordPress website display multiple languages for a diverse audience? Then check out this video and I’ll show you how!

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The *Many* Languages of INDIA!

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The *Many* Languages of INDIA!

This video is all about India and its stunning linguistic diversity.

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For Urdu, check out UrduPod101: http://bit.ly/Urdupod101. (Note: if you upgrade to a premium plan, Langfocus receives a small referral fee that helps support this channel).

Special thanks to Ajay Sharma for his Hindi and Sanskrit samples, Gopal Krishna for his Tamil samples and feedback, and Soroosh Motevalli for his Persian samples.

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Current patrons include these amazing people:

Andres Resendez Borgia, Anjo Barnes, Auguste Fields, Behnam Esfahbod, Bennett Seacrist, Brandon Gonzalez, Brian Michalowski, Fiona de Visser, Georgina Toland, Guillermo Jimenez, Jacob Madsen, John Moffat, Matthew Etter, Michael Arbagi, Michael Cuomo, Nobbi Lampe-Strang, Paul Boychuk, Rosalind Resnick, Ruben Sanchez Jr, Sebastian Langshaw, ShadowCrossZero, Victoria Goh, Vincent David, Yuko Sunda, [APG]RoboCop[CL], Adam Fitch, Adam Powell, Adam Vanderpluym, Alberto del Angel, Alex Hanselka, Ali Muhammed Alshehri, Andrew Hopkins, Andrew Woods, Angeline Biot, Artur Kondrashin, Ashley Dierolf, Atsushi Yoshida, Avital Levant, Bartosz Czarnotta, Brent Warner, Brian Begnoche, Brian Morton, Bron X, Bruce Schultz, Bruce Stark, Bruno Filippi, Carl saloga, Charis T’Rukh, Christian Langreiter, Christopher Lowell, David Anglin, David LeCount, Diane Young, divad, Divadrax, Don Ross, Donald Tilley, Duha54rus, Edward Wilson, Elzbieta Koziel, Eric Loewenthal, Erin Robinson Swink, fatimahl, Florian Breitwieser, Frank Sellers, Gary Walker, Gemmy, Grace Wagner, Haiko Eitzen, Hannes Egli, Harry Kek, Henri Saussure, Ideophagous, James and Amanda Soderling, James Lillis, Jens Aksel Takle, JESUS FERNANDO MIRANDA BARBOSA, JL Bumgarner, John Masucci, Justin Faist, Kevin J. Baron, Klaw117, Kristian Erickson, Laura Morland, Leo Barudi, Lincoln Hutton, Lorraine Inez Lil, M.Aqeel Afzal, Mahmoud Hashemi, Margaret Langendorf, Mark, Mark Grigoleit, Mark Kemp, Maurice Chou, Merrick Bobb, Michael Regal, Mike Frysinger, mimichi, Mohammed A. Abahussain, Nicholas Gentry, Nicole Tovar, Oleksandr Ivanov, Panot, Patrick Timms, Pauline Pavon, Paulla Fetzek, Peter Andersson, Peter Nikitin, Peter Scollar, Pomax, Raymond Thomas, Renato Paroni de Castro, Richard Kelly, Rick Gerritzen, Rob Hoskins, Robert (Bob) Dobbin, Robert Sheehan, Roland Seuhs, Ronald Brady, Saffo Papantonopoulou, Scott Irons, Scott Russell,
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Music: “Wandering” by Gunnar Olsen; Alien Restaurant by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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00:48 Czech
01:47 Brazilian Portuguese
03:39 English
04:57 Spanish
06:59 Japanese
09:15 Mandarin Chinese
11:32 Slovak
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Multilingual in Xamarin Forms

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Learn how to add support for multilingual in Xamarin Forms apps so that the app could display content in the user’s preference language.
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The Power of Language Policy in a Multilingual South Africa | Adiel Rutabana | TEDxYouth@WBAIS

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Adiel sheds light on the language policies of multiple African nations and shows us what is most effective. By focusing on South Africa, he shows us what language policies must accomplish and how governments should proceed to enforce them. Adiel is a graduating senior in WBAIS who has completed the AP Research course. His research, centered on South African language policy and its implementation, explores the complex relationship between language and government in a multilingual Africa. Through a series of interviews, Adiel discovered weak spots in the language policy and what needs South Africans have in regards to it. His findings also show the need for more political will from the government to implement constitutional provisions on language in order to achieve the goals of an ambitious language policy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Multilingual education: attitudes, policies and practice

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Dr Dhir Jhingran from the Language and Learning Foundation discusses the importance of including children’s home languages in their early schooling and beyond, and reflects on the current scenario in the Indian education system. This plenary talk is from the first dissemination event of the ESRC- and DfID-funded MultiLila project, led by the University of Cambridge.
Find out more about the MultiLila project here: https://www.mam.mml.cam.ac.uk/

German Language Compared to other Languages

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