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Switching suddenly to a second language never fails to impress

Switching suddenly to a second language never fails to impress

Andrew 2016-11-13T16:43:23+00:00 April 20th, 2014|Tags: french games, language games, mfl games, spanish games|

James Bond or Jason Bourne - Multi-linguals are very common in Hollywood How many times have we seen films in which the hero switches seamlessly and unexpectedly into a second language? James Bourne or James Bond. It's a common Hollywood trick - along with playing chess - for suggesting high intelligence. I have recently been watching House of Cards and in Series 1, a billionaire suddenly starts talking Chinese on the phone. There were no subtitles but he seemed to be negotiating. Even though it was a TV stunt - I was impressed. It looked cool [...]

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How to get reluctant MFL students learning

Andrew 2012-07-12T16:30:29+00:00 July 12th, 2012|Tags: best way to learn a language, french games for kids, how to learn french, how to learn spanish, Language acquisition, mfl games, MFL Teachers|

Getting students to WANT to learn languages. A change of approach changes attitudes. Teaching some students a language can be a challenge For MFL teachers the aim is to get their students to learn a second language. Hook or by crook. It is natural then for teachers to want to explain why learning a language is so important. The problem is that, although learning a language bestows huge benefits on the learner, some students seem impervious to persuasion and are, well, just not interested - and no amount of persuasion will move them. Many teachers [...]

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The Best Travel Games to pack this holiday

Andrew 2012-07-03T17:54:03+00:00 July 3rd, 2012|Tags: french games for kids, mfl games, travel games|

KLOO is perhaps the perfect travel game. It comes in handy sized, double decked packs and with each deck you can play 16 different games - the main difference being that you effortlessly learn a language as you play.

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How long for a beginner to make a sentence in French or Spanish?

Andrew 2012-06-17T20:01:21+00:00 June 17th, 2012|Tags: mfl games|

You will learn the words at least 200% faster because they are in context. That's really smart - and fun.

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Languages and games help us stay mentally sharp in old age and fight dementia

Andrew 2012-04-28T14:50:29+00:00 April 28th, 2012|Tags: mfl games|

There is growing evidence that attaining a second language also has many mental benefits including helping us to fight the onset of dementia. That has to be worth a looking to?

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Proven Best Way to Learn New Words in a Foreign Language

Andrew 2012-02-20T09:54:28+00:00 February 20th, 2012|Tags: best way to learn a language, best way to learn french, best way to learn spanish, french games for kids, how to learn french, how to learn spanish, mfl games, Spanish for kids, spanish games for kids|

Best ways to build vocabulary in a foreign language We learned new words through Discovery Learning I am pretty sure that none of us had parents who, when we were very young, gave us lists of words to learn by next week. What generally happened is that we would point at something that we wanted to know the name of, such as a dog, and our parents said "Dog" and we repeated "Dog". This is form of learning is called Discovery Learning and it is the natural way we built our vocabulary when we were small. [...]

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Cartoon characters play a fun game to learn a language

Andrew 2012-01-27T17:16:15+00:00 January 27th, 2012|Tags: best way to learn a language, french games for kids, mfl games|

Fun MFL Game for Building French and Spanish Vocabulary We love this video. It shows two cartoon kids showing how learning foreign words can be fun - when they turn it into a Penalty Shoot-Out! Which word do you pick to take the first penalty? Pick your corner, focus, strike... This is one of 16 great language games you can play with KLOO cards:

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MFL Resources: White Board v Game Board

Andrew 2012-01-20T12:21:02+00:00 January 20th, 2012|Tags: best way to learn french, best way to learn spanish, french games for kids, Language acquisition, mfl games, MFL resources, Spanish for kids|

Pay Attention. The White Board is centre stage in most classrooms. MFL Resources for the classroom People of a certain age (alas this includes me) are always impressed by the technology in today's classrooms, especially the ubiquitous interactive white board. The nearest I came to hi-tech teacher resources in my day was an overhead projector! Are they used anymore? Smart phones are the norm As impressed as I am, I know a large group of important people who are not impressed......children. White boards are all they have ever known and when I asked [...]

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The UK’s Best Board or Card Game is a language game!

Andrew 2011-09-29T12:16:24+00:00 September 29th, 2011|Tags: best way to learn a language, best way to learn french, best way to learn spanish, french games for kids, mfl games|

The Best Board in Britain teaches foreign languages! KLOO - BEST BOARD OR CARD GAME We are very proud to say that KLOO has been recognised by ToyTalk as Britain's Best Board or Card game. This is great news for the language learning community. It means that language teachers have a resource that happens to be the best in category against all comers - not just language games. To win top prize, KLOO had to beat off stiff competition from the giants of the games industry including the likes of Raveneberger's "Labyrinth", Gibsons [...]

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The importance of games in language learning

Andrew 2011-05-17T10:52:03+00:00 May 17th, 2011|Tags: best way to learn a language, best way to learn french, best way to learn spanish, french games for kids, how to learn spanish, Language acquisition, mfl games|

Language Games prove their value KLOO's Race to Madrid to learn Spanish A well designed game can simulate real life. Monopoly simulates the property market while flight simulators let pilots play at flying a plane before they are let loose on a real one. There are even war games. Countries don't want to gain experience of war by going to war - so they simulate it. Simulation is a fancy word for "make believe" (as my children call it). It's an elaborate game. Turning language into a game I have worked with games [...]

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