Asynchronous Pre-Recorded Lightning Talks and Viewing Discussions 2024
How Wikimedia Projects Can Assist in Language Learning
Program Type
Lightning talks
Start Date and Time
13-5-2024 8:00 AM
Program Description
The Wikimedia ecosystem provides ample opportunities to engage with languages. For instance, users can explore linguistic information and acquire, practice, refresh or contribute language skills, all in a collaborative atmosphere and with lots of possibilities to customize the experience. The focus can be on a single language, on a group of languages or on cross-linguistic matters more generally, with a wide range of options regarding the subject matter (e.g. flowers, disasters or architecture) as well as the wiki (e.g. Bengali Wikisource or Polish Wiktionary or multilingual Wikidata). This contribution will provide a set of examples from dozens of languages and materials ranging from ancient scripts to games and scientific articles, from reading and writing via grammar to listening and speaking, from etymology to world literature and comparative linguistics.
How Wikimedia Projects Can Assist in Language Learning
The Wikimedia ecosystem provides ample opportunities to engage with languages. For instance, users can explore linguistic information and acquire, practice, refresh or contribute language skills, all in a collaborative atmosphere and with lots of possibilities to customize the experience. The focus can be on a single language, on a group of languages or on cross-linguistic matters more generally, with a wide range of options regarding the subject matter (e.g. flowers, disasters or architecture) as well as the wiki (e.g. Bengali Wikisource or Polish Wiktionary or multilingual Wikidata). This contribution will provide a set of examples from dozens of languages and materials ranging from ancient scripts to games and scientific articles, from reading and writing via grammar to listening and speaking, from etymology to world literature and comparative linguistics.
Comments
From Monday, May 13, 2024 through Thursday, May 16, 2024 there are asynchronous lightning talk viewings and discussions on Discord for OpenCon registrants. This pre-recorded lightning talk will be available here after the conference.