The library was the place to be today where there were language challenges going on all day. Decorated with our flags from the World Cup and some EU balloons I acquired at SETT pupils were able to win a lollipop in exchange for counting to 10 in a language other than English/French/Gaelic (the 3 languages [...]
Entries from September 2006
Lollipops for Languages!
September 26th, 2006 · No Comments
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A bheil Gàidhlig agad?
September 11th, 2006 · No Comments
The local Mod hit Tobermory this weekend and so we took the opportunity to speak to a few Gaelic speakers for the website. It was great to hear Gaelic spoken so widely over the weekend and the interviews carried out by two former pupils Alasdair Whyte and Kirsty MacKinnon sound fantastic.
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Interviews on the Beach
September 7th, 2006 · No Comments
We were out and about again today as we caught up with Tanny. Yet again the girls were impressed with the language skills of our interviewee, Tanny speaks 4 or 5 Indian languages as well as English, French, Italian and German.
For the connection between cheese, culture and languages watch out for Tanny’s interview on our [...]
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Out and About
September 4th, 2006 · No Comments
This morning we did a couple more interviews for our website. First stop was Christina, born in Switzerland, she has worked all over the world and speaks several languages. Her first language is Italian so the girls were able to get in a bit of practice.
Next we went to the Himalyan exhibition which regularly visits [...]
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