Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Another Tongue.

Dear Readers,
As part of Challenge 3, we have to do two things to do with languages. We have to set up a widget box so that visitors from other countries that don't speech English can translate my blog into their own language! It's a great idea. I've used a Google translator widget box for mine.

There are so many languages out there in the world. Some seem harsh when spoken, some romantic or passionate and others can just sound odd. They say there are universal languages, like some would argue maths is an universal language. I agree that we all know a certain amount of maths, but how do you communicate your feelings through maths? I think music is the best language of all, you can express your feelings so easily with a song. Music can even make you feel something, it can tell a story, tell you a message! Anything is possible when you have music! If you don't know how to tell someone something find a song that will do it for you....see a language, and the song doesn't even need words, just let the instruments do the talking. Tribes used to and still do, use music to frighten the enemy, spread a message secretly or even just to express the joy or sadness of news!
Here are some examples of songs with meanings;
Love; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCSe66pWNmc&feature=related
Leaving Home; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Su8LXNS16A
Saddness/Remembrance; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyCRJmerW1Q
Beauty; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2XzoA94Zws&feature=fvst
Happiness; http://www.youtube.com/user/UKpiano#p/u/35/nSMOxWFKiaA

In school I do English, Irish and Spanish. I'll admit languages aren't my strong point, except English, I like doing Shakespeare and certain poetry. Irish is my worst and I'm OK with Spanish. I choosing to write the next bit of my blog in Spanish because I like the language, not learning it! lol.


El espanol es un lenguaje interesante, así que por eso lo elegi por irlandes, tambien soy mejor en el. Yo acaros escribir otro post en irlandes mas tarde;
Me llamo Roisin, soy irlandesa. Vivo en Kildare cerca del Dublin. Tengo 16 anos y mi cumpleanos es el 27 de febrero. Me gusta mucho musica porque es una idioma universal. la música te puede hacer sentir algo o puede decirle tus sentimientos para ti. No me importa la escuela, me gusta ver a mis amigos y aprender cosas nuevas. Mis asignatures preferidos en colegio son las matemáticas, las ciencias, ingles y arte. Tambien, me encanta los animales, me gustaria un pero, pero mis padres no quieren una mascota. Me gustaria ir a Espana proque me gusta la cultura y la musica de Espana.

Gracias Mucho,
Roisin.P.

3 comments:

  1. Hey, I enjoyed reading your post and checking out the piano pieces that you linked in. I totally agree with you about music telling a story and being a universal language... do you play? I'm a guitarist but I like metal and rock music mostly. But enjoy all genres of music. I am a teacher too so it's cool to be able to pass on the passion.

    Buena onda, keep up the good work with your espanol - did you write this? Muy bien :).

    Nic
    http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2011/03/20/going-global-challenge-3-march-2011/

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  2. Thank you for your lovely comment. I do play piano and I sing. I started guitar recently and it's going well. I hope to start teaching piano next year when I'm more qualified! And yes I wrote the espanol myself.

    Thank you,
    Roisin.P.

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  3. hi rosin this is Maya from mayasmusings.weebly.com

    great post... i live in colombia so I know english and spanish quite well...

    me encanta tu blog y porfavor visita el mio!!!

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