{"id":847,"date":"2020-05-04T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=847"},"modified":"2020-07-07T11:39:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:39:33","slug":"lockdown-language-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2020\/05\/04\/lockdown-language-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Language Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/05\/LLL-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/05\/LLL-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/05\/LLL-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/05\/LLL-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/05\/LLL-500x212.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/05\/LLL.png 1177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Language Centre is pleased to offer students, staff and\nmembers of the public the opportunity to avail of free, online and accessible\nlanguage learning resources at beginners level in&nbsp;<strong>French, German,\nIrish, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. <\/strong>These\nresources are intended to help as many people as possible to consider picking\nup a new language in a positive way to make use of our time during the lockdown\nfight against pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each language learning\nresource consists of 5 lessons over a 5- or 10-week period.&nbsp;Each\nweek\/fortnight you will have 2 hours of pre-recorded language tuition in the\nform of a number of videos, accessible via these web-pages.&nbsp;There will\nalso be a weekly\/bi-weekly live follow-up \u2018clinic\u2019, facilitated by your tutor.&nbsp;In\nthese clinics, the content from the pre-recorded tuition can be expanded upon,\nquestions answered and further examples provided. There is no related\nassessment and you can sign up for as many languages as you wish.&nbsp;Dates\nfor the weekly, live classes can be found on the individual web-pages for each\nlanguage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For full details and registration, click the button below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/directorates\/InformationServices\/LanguageCentre\/lockdown-language-learning\/\"><strong>Lockdown Language Learning<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Language Centre is pleased to offer students, staff and members of the public the opportunity to avail of free, online and accessible language learning resources at beginners level in&nbsp;French, German, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. 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