Linguamania
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Diversity in the arts: why languages need to be part of the conversation
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many languages and dialects spoken in British homes rarely make it onto the stage. In this episode of LinguaMania, we explore why linguistic diversity...
The Multilingual Performance Project: celebrating languages through drama
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Multilingual Performance Project (MPP) showcases and celebrates the multilingual nature of schools and demonstrates how multilingualism can intera...
Why do we need people to translate when we have machine translation?
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some people ask why they should bother learning a language when there are online apps and websites which can translate quickly and accurately. In this...
Languages are in crisis in our schools – could creativity help save the subject?
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Can a creative approach to the study of languages enhance learner outcomes? Faced with the dramatic fall in UK students learning a foreign language, ...
How do metaphors shape our world?
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We tend to think of metaphors as poetic language, but we actually use them all the time in our everyday speech. But how do metaphors in different lang...
Why should we read translated texts?
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores what we lose or gain when we read a translated book. Are we missing something by reading the English translation and not the ori...
Understanding our natural world: why languages matter
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What role do languages play in helping us understand and protect our natural world? Do the words we use when talking about our local flora and fauna m...
How 'foreign' are 'foreign languages'?
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many people think foreign languages are alien to us, unless of course we've spent years studying them. But is this really the case? Or can we actually...