green propaganda

If you google 'green propaganda':

green propaganda - Google Suche

your list might include:

Green propaganda continues to spread | Fraser Institute

Jay Doubleyou: the story of stuff

and this:

Greenwashing - Wikipedia

Jay Doubleyou: greenwashing fashion

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Then there is climate change:

Jay Doubleyou: story telling: creating narratives around climate change

Climate change denial - Wikipedia

Follow the (Climate Change) Money | The Heritage Foundation

The Baseless Claim That Climate Scientists Are ‘Driven’ by Money - The New York Times

And plastic pollution:

Jay Doubleyou: the plastics industry is "incredibly supportive of recycling legislation over a more long-term… reduction of disposable culture."

The Good, The Bad and The Spudly - YouTube

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research skills

Where are you from? Where would you go to find anything about it to share with others?

Rousnam – Boarische Wikipedia

Stadt Rosenheim: Willkommen

Rosenheim | Bavarian towns and cities

Touristinfo :: Touristinfo Rosenheim

rosenheim skandal - Google Search

If you're looking up stuff online, do you go to Wikipedia as the starting point?

Jay Doubleyou: wikipedia and bias

Or would you go to RT?

rt.com/search?q=wikipedia

Or others:

Jay Doubleyou: english-language news media

Jay Doubleyou: english-language news media - part two

Of course, with conspiracy theories, you can't really do any 'research' as such:

Jay Doubleyou: conspiracy theories

And if you don't like the results of any research, you can always cry 'fake news':

But it's been around a long time:

Jay Doubleyou: how is world war one seen in different countries

Jay Doubleyou: propaganda, public relations and manufacturing consent

And it's very much alive and well today:

Jay Doubleyou: english language media as propaganda in the ukraine

Jay Doubleyou: the politics of language

But your sources might not be 'pushing' a certain point of view.

There is bias:

Wikipedia:Systemic bias - Wikipedia

And there is bias:

Confirmation bias - Wikipedia

It's where you go to 'naturally' or 'normally' for your sources:

Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

History of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

Historia de las islas Malvinas - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

When did WWII start:

World War II - Wikipedia

Вторая мировая война — Википедия

Великая Отечественная война — Википедия

Eastern Front (World War II) - Wikipedia

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the politics of language

There is clearly a lot of clever use of language in politics:

Jay Doubleyou: disinformation and Jay Doubleyou: information wars and Jay Doubleyou: fake news

Jay Doubleyou: political narratives 

Jay Doubleyou: populism and The Populist Curtain - Poland and Hungary - BBC Sounds

Jay Doubleyou: culture wars and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED Talk and BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, Why Did People Vote Leave?

Jay Doubleyou: the psychology of lies and why we fall for them and Jay Doubleyou: the psychology of lies and why we fall for them 

Jay Doubleyou: education levels and voting trump and Jay Doubleyou: brexit, trump and dumbing down and Jay Doubleyou: the language of donald trump 

Donald Trump Speaks at a Fourth-Grade Level - YouTube and This linguist studied the way Trump speaks for two years. Here’s what she found. - YouTube

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On the other hand, you would think that there's nothing 'political' about 'language' - but there's a lot.

First, what defines a 'native speaker'?

Jay Doubleyou: what's a 'native speaker' of english? part two

Do you have to be white to be an English native speaker?

Jay Doubleyou: what is a 'native speaker' of english? the issue of race...

Jay Doubleyou: challenging white supremacism in australia and new zealand

Aamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) - Reverse Racism - YouTube

But with the dominance of English, local languages are in danger:

On the one hand, English has opened the doors to great job mobility in the past decade and much economic success. In a country of so many varied languages, English is the only linguistic commonality. Yet as the language increasingly becomes the de facto mother tongue in urban families, many are dismayed at the trend, contending that its rampant use will strip them of their sense of Indian-ness.
“English is unifying us with the rest of the world but alienating us from our familial and cultural roots,” says Mr. Nagaraj, who still turns to Kannada metaphors when he needs to drive home a point.

Jay Doubleyou: what is a 'native speaker' of english?

There is a project set up by National Geographic:

Saving the World's Dying and Disappearing Languages

About | National Geographic Society

Dying Languages | National Geographic - YouTube

Some countries have suppressed the non-official languages:

Language policy in France - Wikipedia

Francization - Wikipedia

Bavarian language - Wikipedia

List of endangered languages in Europe - Wikipedia

Then there is sexism in language:

Jay Doubleyou: how language shapes the way we think

And  then there is the whole are of how we teach languages - and the politics of that:

Jay Doubleyou: can children teach themselves - using technology?

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devon and dartmoor

If you're a German-speaker, welcome to Rosamunde Pilcher Land:

News - The Filming Locations of Rosamunde Pilcher – Beautiful Books, Beautifully Filmed in Cornwall & Devon

Rosamunde Pilcher - The German Link - Cherished Cottages

Rosamunde Pilcher 50+ Landscape course - YouTube

For example:

Rosamunde Pilcher Zeit der Erkenntnis Rosamunde Pilcher - YouTube

It's also the home of Dartmoor:

Dartmoor National Park - YouTube

Dramatic Dartmoor - YouTube

Where there are a lot of sheep:

Farming | Dartmoor

And some rich accents and dialects:

Jay Doubleyou: the english-speaking world: devon in england

And a lot of history:

Bronze Age Dartmoor - The Life of Marghwen - YouTube

Bronze Age Dartmoor Study | Dartmoor

KS2 Prehistory – The Bronze Age - YouTube

With some speculation about how farming and the climate brought the Bronze Age to an end:

Bronze Age upland settlement decline in southwest England: Testing the climate change hypothesis | Request PDF

The moors are full of history:

BBC - Devon Video Nation - Kitty Jay's Grave - a Dartmoor Legend

Dartmoor Tales: Kitty Jay's Grave - YouTube

Jay's Grave - Wikipedia

Kitty Jay (album) - Wikipedia

Seth Lakeman - Kitty Jay - YouTube

But, above all it's a great place to explore:

Great places to walk and go birdwatching in Devon | Great British Life

Summer family day out with otters at Dartmoor National Park | Great British Life

Especially if you like a challenge:

Ten Tors Challenge main event - YouTube

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how to learn a language

There are so many approaches, so many tips:

The second language is the hardest - but then it gets easy:

Jay Doubleyou: learn another language - it's easy!

We need to watch videos and films and tv:

Jay Doubleyou: authentic learning-english videos

Jay Doubleyou: learn english from movies

Jay Doubleyou: how to learn english from watching tv

We can learn from 'polyglots':

Jay Doubleyou: could we all speak 15 languages fluently?

Listen from the beginning:

Jay Doubleyou: how to learn a language from 'superlinguists'

As she said, it's all about the listening:

Jay Doubleyou: why do scandinavians speak such good english?

How to learn a language that's very different to your own mother tongue:

Jay Doubleyou: how to learn a completely new language

Stop learning languages and start acquiring them:

Jay Doubleyou: how to acquire a language in one year - and not 'to learn a language'!

This is 'second language acquisition':

Jay Doubleyou: krashen and second language learning

It's all about vocabulary - but in 'chunks':

Jay Doubleyou: the lexical approach

Jay Doubleyou: vocabulary myths: applying second language research to classroom teaching

And it's very much about your attitude:

Jay Doubleyou: the secret to speaking a new language with confidence is all about attitude, not ability

How many languages do you speak - or, rather, have you lost your local dialect?

Jay Doubleyou: what can hyperpolyglots - people who can speak dozens of languages - teach the rest of us?

You can do it yourself - and children don't need a teacher:

Jay Doubleyou: can children teach themselves - using technology?

And children learn differently at different stages:

Jay Doubleyou: the trivium method of critical thinking and creative problem solving

We can learn if we just read Harry Potter and nothing else:

Jay Doubleyou: extensive reading vs narrow reading

Jay Doubleyou: from narrow reading and listening to fluency: part two

How about Duolingo?

Jay Doubleyou: duolingo: free language-learning app

And music?

Jay Doubleyou: music lessons from the british council

Ultimately, though, it's about nuance:

Jay Doubleyou: nuance in language

And how you say it:

Jay Doubleyou: pragmatics: it ain't what you say it's the way that you say it

Although 'grammar' can be useful - and lots of fun:

Jay Doubleyou: rinvolucri's grammar games - collaborative sentence-making games

As can writing:

Jay Doubleyou: the commonplace book as a language-learning tool

And reading:

Jay Doubleyou: pause and think: or, how to improve your language skills

Finally, here's a list:

Jay Doubleyou: 10 tips and tricks to pick up any language

And another list:

Jay Doubleyou: websites to practice your english

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fun and games in the language classroom

There are some great ideas of things to do which don't feel like 'learning'.

For example:

• teach - test - teach:  
• but not in the conventional way of teacher taking control: Test teach test | TeachingEnglish | British Council | BBC 
• rather: the student tests the class what they know about something (anything!) and then teaches it to them and finishes with a quiz/test/challenge
• number games:
• these are too difficult for adults! 5 Great ESL Number Games You Can Count On!
• here are some more: ESL Counting Number Games
• truth or lie:
• out of four sentences about yourself, which is not true?
• answer the question 'have you ever?' iteslj.org - Truth or Lie? (Games & Activities for the ESL/EFL Classroom)

Here are some other ideas:

Jay Doubleyou: rethinking work: of flow and fun

Jay Doubleyou: pointless games

Jay Doubleyou: scenarios for problem solving

Jay Doubleyou: questioning and problem-solving

With a twist or two on the conventional:

Jay Doubleyou: dictation in the esl classroom

Jay Doubleyou: rinvolucri's grammar games - collaborative sentence-making games

For business people too:

Jay Doubleyou: businessballs - a site for your business english - but with much more

Finally, fun and games are a good thing for the language classroom:

Jay Doubleyou: play and learning

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just enjoy learning a language!

Why do we learn a language?

While language learning often is linked to convenience or necessity, it can be enjoyed just for the experience of learning it. You only need time and patience. 

Is there any point in learning a lang  uage simply for the sake of knowing that language? - Quora

Maybe we should just learn a new language - simply in order to learn a new language. Here's a personal view - as it only can be:

Language for Language’s sake. | Dianoia

Here are some good lists on how to learn a new language:

How to learn a language in an hour a day - BBC Worklife

13 Ways to Seamlessly Integrate Language Learning into Your Daily Life | The Intrepid Guide

3 ways to trick your brain into learning a new language ‹ GO Blog | EF United States

And here's an earlier list on what we get out of learning a new language:

Jay Doubleyou: 34 unobvious benefits of learning a second language

A lot of it's about motivation:

Jay Doubleyou: motivation

Jay Doubleyou: what motivates us

Ultimately, though, the best motivation when learning anything is that is should be fun!

How to Enjoy Studying a New Language - The Linguist

Fun in Learning: Why Entertainment is Essential for Adult Education

Have fun!

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