Everyone
can speak foreign languages. Kids can easily learn three languages and
express all what they want with a few words and no grammar. The first thing you will have to do if you
really want to learn a
foreign language is listen to it (everyday if you can). Radio, movies,
songs,
conversations with native people- especially kids!- will help you to
shape your ear to the new language you are learning. You also will have to shape your mouth,
tongue and other muscles of the
face to be able to pronounce those new sonorities properly. Do not be shy... listen, repeat, speak,
sing, even if you do not understand a word.
Then
learn a
little bit of grammar so you can create, invent your own style and
eventually express your ideas and feelings with the right words and the
most accurate
sonorities.
I encourage learners into permanently "fishing" into several languages,
comparing their mother tongue(s) with others, know about antique
languages, be curious about etymology. This multilingual and
multicutural approach is to me the most efficient and sustainable one.
Babel.lab is meant to be a place where you
can find useful
informations, links, articles and tips that will help you to explore
the many ways and joys that the learning of one or several foreign
languages provides.
Enjoy! Geri G.
contact: babel@gg02echo.net
july
2010, learning center, Alsatian GLOSSARY FRENCH ALSATIAN GERMAN
A trinlingual glossary with words related to informatics and web. By
Pr. Raymond Matzen. (level:beginners)
may
2010, learning center, French OCCITÀ
VS ELSÄSSISCH
AUDIO DEMO
Like
every country France has its lot of different accents. Here: from
South-West (Occità) to the North-East
(Alsatian).(level:confirmed)
april
2010, learning center, Russian BOOKMARK, RUSSIAN
Learn Cyrillic alphabet with multimedia words (level:confirmed
beginners)
march
2010, learning center, Arabic MEMORY GAME, ARABIC
Learn Arabic letters thanks to Babel.lab JavaScript Memory game
(level:beginners, audio illustrations by cours-arabe.fr).
LEARN WITH
SONGS/
PLING PLONG SONG SWEDISH
- download
(.mp3, 78 KB)
voice: Kålle Öfferström
listen
Lyrics
O se
så
många stjärnor som finns här ovan oss Ja tusen
milioner, jag undrar
vad dom gör pling plong
pling plong Dom blinkar
nog till oss pling plong
pling plong som små
små
tomtebloss
LXXXIV (by Catullus,
around 60 bc) LATIN
- This poem by Catullus is a
famous funny piece where the author is making fun of the accent of a
so-called "Arrius"
Chommoda
dicebat, si quando commoda vellet
Dicere, et insidias Arrius hinsidias,
Et tum mirifice sperabat se esse locutum,
Cum, quantum poterat, dixerat hinsidias.
Credo, sic mater, sic liber avunculus ejus,
Si maternus avus dixerat atque avia.
Hoc misso in Syriam requierant omnibus aures ;
Audibant eadem haec leniter et leviter,
Nec sibi postilla metuabant talia verba,
Cum subito affertur nuntius horribilis,
Ionos fluctus, postquam illuc Arrius isset,
Jam non Ionos esse, sed Hionos.
Babel.lab tips,
translations, and poetry section to come soon in partnership with ж3
BABEL.LAB,
bàbbling lab ?!
[l.l] < this is the
Catalan letter for the sound [l]
[à]
this letter is called a "Swedish a", it's a neutral sound to be found
between [a] and [ô]
[babble]
to talk in an excited manner. In French, "babiller". Has sometimes a
pejorative meaning and can be found in most nordic languages: bable in Norvegian, bàble in Alsatian, brabbelen in Dutch, babl in Icelandic, babbel in Swedish...
LINGUA, LINGUÆ Babel.lab
links
& learning center
select a language:
Arabe,
Arbiya English,
Old English (other languages
to come soon: spip
framework based version under construction, thank you for your
understanding)
Don't let spelling turn
into chaos, learn international radiotelephony
alphabet! >> access alphabet
Coming soon...
Facts and figures
Each
day dozens of languages disappear from the
Earth
surface, each
day new languages are being invented, created... From ancient times
until most futuristic
codes, we try to keep an eye and an ear on the web looking for relevant
resources, especially those related with dying or dead languages. The
World Wide Web can be seen as a place where the current spoken
languages can be preserved; a craddle where dead or forgotten languages
are given a second chance, a new life. Babel.lab is meant to be one of
those e-craddles/ e-graves.
Early education programmes in foreign languages have
been in
pre-production in our labs those five latest years. A video partnership
with Mr. Jones and his friend Tengu® is on the agenda. A karaoke
section is also under construction in partnership with GG02 Radio.
SONGS SECTION
UNDER CONSTRUCTION (Swedish, English, Catalan, French, German, Latin,
Arabic, Modern Greek, Turkish)
Lost in idiomatisms or other cultural qui pro quo or apories? Quite
normal! And you are not alone, for... So funny can be foreign
languages... Go to Qui Pro Quo section
Publications
In partnership with
ж3, also by gathering and rewriting 'babalà
bl@tt contents, we will be publishing foreign languages e- or
printed booklets and books.
[Latest news ] : Production process for two booklets has been launched
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