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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6471 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 1 of 31 27 September 2010 at 10:22am | IP Logged | ||
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Right now there are two major events for language geeks coming up in or near Berlin,
and I was wondering if anyone else is going to them, so that we could organize a forum meet-up. One is the Expolingua language fair where you can check out the latest language-learning materials, take mini-courses of 45 minutes to get a quick introduction to many languages and inform yourself about career opportunities and language holidays. The stands at the fair are mixed, some organized by companies and some by embassies or cultural institutions, typically giving away a lot of free materials. Some highlights for me last year were trying out my aptitude as a simultaneous translator in an actual EU translator's booth, taking a course in basic Basque and watching the Confucius Institute's demonstration of Chinese calligraphy. Expolingua Berlin is taking place from November 19th to the 21st this year, at the Russian culture house. Later this year I will be going to the Junulara E-Semajno, a one-week event for several hundred young(ish) Esperanto speakers around New Year's. This is traditionally a good place to practice many languages including Toki Pona, and it will be possible to take official CEFR-based exams for Esperanto, to attend Esperanto courses and a large variety of other courses and lectures that the participants organize, e. g. language courses, juggling, dancing and so on. In the evenings there will be live concerts, shows and movies from around the world subtitled in Esperanto. I particularly like the international atmosphere, coming together with Esperanto speakers from lots of countries, many European ones of course but also China, Japan, Niger, Brazil... The Junulara E-Semajno is taking place at Burg this year, a small town in the Spreewald natural reserve, not far from Berlin. I'm thinking if more forum members are going to these events, we should arrange to meet up and practise languages together, or have a RL argument about the benefits of Assimil vs. FSI ;-) Also, I'm just now planning my contribution to the program of the JES and wondering if an introduction to Latin, German or Chinese characters would be more interesting for people, or if I should trace the evolution of Latin to French, given that this year's theme is "Past - present - future". I will definitely be bringing my Go game; with enough participants we can have another tournament like in 2008. Edited by Sprachprofi on 27 September 2010 at 10:27am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| doviende Diglot Senior Member Canada languagefixatio Joined 5987 days ago 533 posts - 1245 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Hindi, Swedish, Portuguese | Message 2 of 31 27 September 2010 at 10:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Yay! I'll be going to both events too.
I just looked at the Expolingua site, and it appears that the entrance fee is only €5 per day, or €7 for all 3 days. Also, my couch is available, if anyone needs a place to stay for a few days. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6583 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 3 of 31 27 September 2010 at 11:57am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not going, as I'm nowhere near Berlin this year, but I'd like to say I think it's a great initiative to make people on the forums aware of these kinds of events. I'd had gone if I'd been closer. If more of these sorts of things pop up, please do post about them on the forums like Sprachprofi did now!
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| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 4 of 31 27 September 2010 at 12:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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If I can juggle my prebooked German appointments, unfortunately not already in Berlin, I would love the Expolingua event.... and on expenses too. You could see first hand [ear?] exactly how bad my German has become, but then again it would be a very good reason to push German up the re-learn ladder.
I can't say that I can generate any enthusiasm for artificial languages though, apart from the concept of an artifical language as an intermediary in artificial intelligence, data mining and possibly machine translation applications. Why, oh why, do we not have this kind of thing in England. Or do we? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 5 of 31 27 September 2010 at 12:42pm | IP Logged | ||
Why not try some subjective predictions about the future of language ? Latin > French [insert other PIE language as you feel] > The Future Would be great on YouTube too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| skchi Groupie United States Joined 5746 days ago 57 posts - 86 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 6 of 31 13 October 2010 at 2:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Expolingua sounds great. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to go. Maybe I can make it next year.
Are the mini-courses conducted in German? Edited by skchi on 13 October 2010 at 2:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| GauchoBoaCepa Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5420 days ago 172 posts - 199 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 7 of 31 13 October 2010 at 2:54am | IP Logged | ||
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A meet-up with plenty of conversation and beer...wish I could be there......good initiave you came up with, Sprachprofi. Edited by GauchoBoaCepa on 13 October 2010 at 2:56am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6440 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 8 of 31 13 October 2010 at 7:31am | IP Logged | ||
You do. There's a language fair in London this weekend. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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