North West

Languages outreach in your area

Useful links

Language Exchange (coming soon)

 

Useful Links 

A list of world celebrities who speak community languages:

http://www.routesintolanguages.ac.uk/files/celebs.doc

LLAS - The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies:

http://www.llas.ac.uk/ 

CiLT - The National Centre for Languages:

http://www.cilt.org.uk/ 

Why Study Languages:

http://www.llas.ac.uk/whystudylanguages/index.aspx  

Useful resources to promote language learning:

http://www.languageswork.org.uk/  

LAFTAs (Languages and Film Talent Awards):

http://www.languageswork.org.uk/laftas/index.htm 

ALL (Association for Language Learning):

http://www.all-languages.org.uk/ 

Regional Language Network North West:

http://www.rln-northwest.com/  

 

 

Motivational video clips  

Barack Obama - Your children should learn to speak Spanish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZprtPat1Vk

Arsène Wenger talking about how learning languages has helped him: 

http://privateweb.arsenal.com/languages/wenger1.wmv 

http://privateweb.arsenal.com/languages/wenger2.wmv

Tony Blair giving a speech in French:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrw5YgWC0rs

Real life examples of how Languages can help you in your career:

http://icould.com/quick-search/?fd_query=1&term=languages

 

Useful resources for Teaching Urdu interactively

http://www.ncdu.org.uk - National Council for the Development of Urdu

http://www.pakmet.com.pk - Great website for learning about the weather in Pakistan 

http://www.sports.gov.pk - Information about sport played in Pakistan. Also see:

http://www.pcboard.com.pk/ (Cricket)

http://www.phf.com.pk/ (Hockey)

http://pakistanonline.org/ - Information on Pakistan

http://linguashare.com - Make your own interactive games (in phonetic English)

http://www.urdupoint.com/home/ - More info about Pakistan and the Urdu language (In Urdu)

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=206273 - A Quiz about Pakistan, containing multiple choice questions

http://www.aga.org.uk/qual/gcse/urdu_assess.php - AQA GCSE Urdu Assessment material, including past papers

http://www.kidon.com/media-link/pk.php - Website containing links to 62 newspapers relating to/from Pakistan

http://ptvworldnews.com.pk/ - News, views and much more from the Pakistani Satellite TV channel, PTV

http://www.urducouncil.nic.in/ - website dedicated to the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India.

http://urduathome.com - a virtual way of studying Urdu at home, with weekly lessons and homework, as well as assessment tests.

 

University Language Departments in the North West

Manchester Metropolitan University:

www.mmu.ac.uk/languages/  

University of Manchester:

www.manchester.ac.uk/llc  

University of Salford:

www.salford.ac.uk/languages  

University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN):

www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/languages_and_international/index.php   

Community Languages Promoting community languages in supplementary and mainstream schools:

www.ourlanguages.org.uk/

 

 

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