many more ways

there are many more ways to learn other languages, learn through other languages and just learn because of languages.

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80 reasons you should learn more than one language! 

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Using authentic materials

There are several reasons for this, primarily a kind of fear that students will panic when faced with language that is largely unfamiliar, and a feeling that to prevent this the language should be

The trick, regardless of the text used, is not to edit and grade the text, but to grade the task according to your students' abilities. 

*Challenge: Find an authentic resource in your local supermarket / amongst souvenirs from a trip / ask a friend or neighbour / online, and see what you can learn from it - or what you can teach with it*

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finding less common words to use

In English we would reach for a Thesaurus if we wanted to find a more interesting word to use. Such a resource exists for foreign languages too of course, so, next time you find yourself about to write ‘divertido’ or ‘amusant’ again (for the third time in same paragraph), turn to a Thesaurus - see links below. 

*Why not set yourself a challenge to find 3 to 5 new ways of saying those common words you know you use far too often?!*

For Spanish:

Easy+ https://www.spanishdict.com/thesaurus

Advanced: http://www.sinonimosyantonimos.com/v1.0/sinonimos

For French:

Intermediate: https://dictionary.reverso.net/french-synonyms/index.html - has guide words that give context eg. ‘amusant’ below

Advanced: http://www.synonymo.fr/synonyme/th%C3%A9saurus (no guide words at all)

For German:

Intermediate: https://synonyms.reverso.net/synonym-woerterbuch/

More advanced: https://www.openthesaurus.de/

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‘ling’ magazine from Vueling airline

This is an absolute dream for students practising reading in Spanish, and teachers preparing materials. So many interesting articles written bilingually in Spanish and English, adverts too. Great visuals. Good, clear layout. Creative. Fun. There is even usually an authentic story-writing task!

All available for full browsing here: https://issuu.com/magazineling but not available for download. 

Samples from November edition: