Tag Archives: video
Resources: Online LinguaVideo List
This collection of videos at OnlineUniverisities.com features linguists, including Ethan Zukerman, Erin McKean, Monica Heller, Steven Pinker, Eve Sweetser, Susan Savage Rumbaugh, Rebecca Wheeler, and Patrica Ryan. Also recommended: Bill Labov’s A Life of Learning: Six People I have learned from Paul Kerswill’s TEDx … Continue reading
Resources: DotSub Video Sharing and First Nation Languages
DotSUB is a video sharing platform that bills itself as “any video any language.” It appears to be selling transcription, translation, and subtitling services, but it also has a large video collection which you can search by language and genre. … Continue reading
Resources: Scribe Video Center | providing media skills & tools to the Philadelphia community
Scribe Video Center is a nonprofit organization in Philadelphia which provides training and assistance for video production. They have information available on their website: Scribe Video Center | providing media skills & tools to the Philadelphia community.
Classroom Activities: “I am Africa” Part I (Teaching Narrative Structure)
UNESCO has once again provided a wonderful resource for teaching about language and language variation in the classroom. On Tuesday, March 1, they will launch their I am Africa project. As they explain: “The youth StoryTellers will receive free multimedia … Continue reading
Classroom Activities: Kinetic Typography of Stephen Fry’s Language
Stephen Fry (as featured in the previous post with House‘s Hugh Laurie) has eloquently written on the subject of language, and Matt Rogers has set Fry’s voice in motion through a process called Kinetic Typography. The mesmerizing combination of Fry’s … Continue reading