Best Language Podcasts (Page 5)

Do you want to learn some basics in Mandarin Chinese? The tracks presented here are designed to give you a taste of Mandarin Chinese language and culture. You’ll hear short conversations where people greet each other, introduce themselves and their families, describe where they come from and what they do for a living. You’ll hear them talk about sports, ask for directions, buy things, order food in a restaurant, invite someone to dinner – or simply share their experience of learning Chinese. You’ll also find a track to help you with pronunciation and the use of tones. Finally, there’s the chance to listen to interviews in English about Chinese-speaking cultures. Our guide to the language and culture of mainland China is Dr Kan Qian, who is chair of The Open University course: L197: Beginners’ ChineseYou can also download transcripts for all the tracks.

Information från Språkcentrum på Högskolan Dalarna

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Speaking a number of different languages gives you the intercultural skills you need in today’s global world. Studying an alternative language, like Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian or Swedish, at UCL means you can learn a new language from scratch and get an insight into a culture not many people know much about. This means you will not only stand out on the job market, but you will also have something really valuable to offer when you graduate.

La piqûre du français (http://piquredufrancais.ccdmd.qc.ca) offre aux élèves allophones et anglophones inscrits dans des techniques de soins de la santé du réseau collégial anglophone des documents pédagogiques qui les préparent à soigner en français et à réussir l'examen de l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF).

Bor Kothoki in Assamese means very talkative. This podcast is about poetry. For me, poetry is like a fleeting thought. Over the years, I have realised that the written poetry when read after few years makes me a better person. I look at the moment in a different perspective completely unattached with the original poem. This podcast is an attempt to record a three dimensional view to the moments.

Ett heldagsseminarium om det ingen av oss kommer undan: språket. En nyttig och inspirerande dag om begriplighet, regler och stil med föredrag av språkkonsulter, forskare, författare och språkvårdare. Arrangör: Språktidningen.

El concepto de "paratraducción", creado en Vigo, va llenando un vacío en el discurso traductológico y, paso a paso, está convirtiendo a la «Escuela de Vigo» en uno de los centros determinantes a la hora de plantear una reflexión crítica sobre la traducción hoy en día. Con el término de "paratraducción" se quiere expresar la imperiosa necesidad de un posicionamiento ético, político, ideológico, social y cultural ante el acto nada inocente de traducir. Desde la "paratraducción" se fundamenta una epistemología que cuestiona, problematiza y desconstruye la transdisciplina de la traducción ayudando a rescatar la Memoria ya que se profundiza en el análisis de todas las circunstancias paratextuales que, en nuestra era digital, rodean, acompañan, envuelven, introducen y presentan los fenómenos de la traducción y de la interpretación.

WebWare, a successful IT company, is suddenly in need of a new Sales Director. Follow Philip Hart and Marcia Boardman as they take us through the process of recruiting a new team member.

As global culture is once again pregnant with the urge to formulate alternatives to the neoliberal politics and cultural politics of the last three decades, there is a need to return to the rich tradition of utopian thought in philosophy. In this semes...

The recorded articles are accompanied by an activity that you can do on your computer while you listen, or print out and do when you want. They are free, and if you subscribe we will send them to you every month.

Vilka villkor präglar minoritetsspråken och minoritetskulturerna? Vad händer inom språkvården, politiken och pedagogiken? Forskare och representanter för viktiga institutioner ger inblickar i aktuella frågor. Arrangerat av Korpilombolo kulturförening, Svenska tornedalingars riksförbund - Tornionlaaksolaiset, stiftelsen Meän Akateemi och Institutet för språk och folkminnen.

Spring 2013 - UCL's Lunch Hour Lecture Series is an opportunity for anyone to sample the exceptional research work taking place at the university, in bite-size chunks. Speakers are drawn from across UCL and lectures frequently showcase new research and recent academic publications. Lunch Hour Lectures require no pre-booking, are free to attend and are open to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis.

Learn Tamil alphabets - In this podcast you will learn tamil alphabets - vowels (uyirezhuthu) and consonants(maiyezhuthu) with the help of pictures. Parents can use thispodcast to teach tamil alphabets to their kids. In each episode you will learn how to write tamil alphabets and by the end of the series, you would have mastered the Tamil script. Look for the podcast in the itunes store

Slow German podcast for intermediate learners. Learn German with us: We focus on comprehensible input at German B1 & B2 levels. Free transcripts, texts & bonus materials on our website: 👉 https://www.sloeful.comLern Deutsch mit unserem Deutsch Podcast für Fortgeschrittene! Wenn du mit unserem Podcast Deutsch lernen möchtest, besuch gerne auch unsere Website.Transcripts: https://www.sloeful.com/german/podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sloeful.german?sub_confirmation=1#sloeful #learngerman #deutschlernen #germanpodcast #intermediategerman #deutschpodcast #easygerman #allemand

Autumn 2009 - UCL's Lunch Hour Lecture Series is an opportunity for anyone to sample the exceptional research work taking place at the university, in bite-size chunks. Speakers are drawn from across UCL and lectures frequently showcase new research and recent academic publications. Lunch Hour Lectures require no pre-booking, are free to attend and are open to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis.

20th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association - Reggio Emilia 1-4 settembre 2010 [File video in formato MP4]

Tweets, texts, blogs and chat sites. New communication platforms are affecting our relationship with the written word, both in dominant world languages and endangered and minority languages. Is language standardisation necessary to establish literacy, or do we endanger languages by reducing them to writing? Join Australian and international authors, anthropologists and linguists to explore the impact of globalisation on languages and on the future of written, spoken and signed communication. Recorded at Written, Spoken, Signed: Linguistic Diversity in a Globalised World conference, presented by the Centre for Research on Language Diversity, La Trobe University.

In this series of podcasts different people talk about things that interest them or interesting things they have done or seen.

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The EnglishAgenda podcast features news about English language teaching. Listen to interviews with leading experts and find out about innovative projects from around the world.

Literature Studies at the School of Advanced Study.

El viernes día 5 se celebró en Vigo la XV edición de Ponte... nas ondas! con escolares de los dos lados del Miño. El acto se celebró en la Facultad de Económicas y en el museo Verbum de Vigo y en el los estudiantes de uno y otro lado del Miño pudieron participar y disfrutar en directo de algunos de los Tesoros Vivos del Patrimonio Inmaterial Gallego Portugués.

Information from Dalarna Universitys Language Centre.