No Travel No Problem-Bringing Languages Alive during a Pandemic
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No Travel No
Problem !
Bringing Languages Alive during
a Pandemic
Isabelle Jones icpjones@yahoo.co.uk
Twitter: @icpjones Pinterest: @icpjones http://isabellejones.blogspot.com
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No Travel No problem !
■ Successful trips-opportunities to open horizons
■ Making memories
■ Languages are alive…
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Tools to explore the TL
countries
● Differences with usual surroundings
● Challenging perceptions
● What is happening there NOW
● Content teaching to provide a window into the
country
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What is happening
there NOW
● https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/france.html
● https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/canada/quebec/qu
ebec-city-chateau-frontenac.html
● https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/spain.html
● https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/chile.html
● https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/mexico.html
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A Window into the TL
Countries
La météo en Belgique
● https://www.lachainemeteo.be/meteo-
belgique/previsions-meteo-belgique-aujourdhui
TV5 Monde
● https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJsZHPR1jqKu-
soDmKNMBFg
La música popular
● https://los40.com/lista40/
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A Window into the TL
Countries
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FZ2W7QOZOFAnLt8xrrqG
mXUyZ7IjaPFh/view
El menú del comedor del cole
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A Window into the TL
Countries
¿Qué ponen en la tele?
● https://www.rtve.es/
C’est quand les vacances?
● https://vacances-scolaires.education/
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Tools to explore the
culture of the TL countries
● What is culture anyway?
● Differences and points in common
● Places of interest and traditions
● Cultural events happening now
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What is culture anyway?
● Music : Juliette Gréco
● https://www.franceinter.fr/chanson-francaise
● Cinema: Le Netflix français (et gratuit)
● https://www.tv5mondeplus.com/
● Arts : musées en ligne
● https://artsandculture.google.com/search/asset/?p=musee-dorsay-
paris&em=m03xj1&hl=en&categoryid=art-movement
● Anything ! (shopping anyone?)
● https://www.galerieslafayette.com/
● https://www.printemps.com/fr/fr
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Differences and points in
common
● No positives and negatives : only differences
● Open minds to the unknown : Did you know that …?
● Share good experiences :
● Food : https://www.tripadvisor.es/Restaurant_Review-g187442-d1861906-Reviews-
Bar_Restaurante_Juan_Jose-Huelva_Province_of_Huelva_Andalucia.html
● Dance : Flamenco Lessons and Irish dancing
● Routines : different school and meal times
● Famous landmarks : https://www.toureiffel.paris/fr/le-
monument/illuminations Le 14 juillet https://youtu.be/PGWaqFsaseI
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Places of interest and
traditions
● Virtual tours : Museums, Google map streetview
● Virtual trips :
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qCWeAcGAMZ4gezIVA_cx2NWA0DhEFJ_BZC1SenxIk_E/m
obilepresent?slide=id.p
● Home videos of people celebrating different
festivals in the country (e.g. grapes for Spanish
new year, Epiphany day in France and Spain, Día
de los Muertos in Mexico …)
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Cultural events
happening NOW
● Compile your own calendar
● https://www.all-languages.org.uk/uncategorized/france-and-
the-french-speaking-world/
● Check these events in the press, on the internet and on YouTube
for authentic references in lessons
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Tools to understand and
interact with the people
from the TL countries
● Using some authentic spoken language in class
● Learning about accents
● Asynchronous exchanges: audio and video
● Live exchanges
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Using some authentic
spoken language in class
● Present
● Predict
● Focus on predicted key words-look for extra
clues
● What else did you notice?
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWxl_vVYpOk
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No Travel No
Problem !
Bringing Languages Alive during
a Pandemic
Isabelle Jones icpjones@yahoo.co.uk
Twitter: @icpjones Pinterest: @icpjones http://isabellejones.blogspot.com