2:19 English Classroom Discipleship Material
These bible based activities can be incorporated into formal English lessons, conversation groups and bible study groups.
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Teaching English for Mission, New Course Starting in January 2023
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Speaking to the Heart
As our good friends leave to spend some time in Greece today, pray that they are able to make good connections that ‘Speak to the Heart’.
Greece is East
Greece is East Greece is often thought of as a Western European Country. An idyllic tourist destination full of beautiful beaches, whitewashed buildings and amazing sunsets. Having now lived in Greece for 2 years, our day-to-day experience is very different. It is undoubtedly a beautiful place with amazing weather, beaches, mountains and wonderful seasonal food …
Jesus, Ramadan and the Classroom
This year, Ramadan has fallen over the same month as Easter. Rebekah, part of the Unreached in the UK team at Redeemer Church and an English teacher at Open Doors International Language School (ODILS) in Plymouth, shares how her ESOL classes have been learning about these two celebrations. This year, Ramadan has fallen over the …
Sea of Galilee: Part 2
Now, lets go forwards in time to Jesus. Jesus went to live in the region of Galilee. Matthew tells us that this was, “to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people …
Sea of Galilee: Part 1
People of the Middle East love word plays. We use rhyming phrases all the time, for example: Kul Franji Branji = which means “Everyone foreign is exciting.” Late night conversations outside our building with our neighbours are richly flavoured with these short sayings, proverbs and rhyme. It is part of the Art of Middle Eastern …
Decolonising Multilingualism by Alison Phipps. A review.
Phipps, Alison. Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to Decreate. Multilingual Matters, 2019. A review by Andy McCullough. I’ve been asked to review the best book I’ve read in recent years on language. Hands down, it’s this book. This is a book by an academic, but it made me cry. This is not a Christian book, but it …
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Reaching the Unreached Through Language: Part 3- Sharing Jesus
Cassie Roberts (CEO) Reaching the Unreached through Language. Whether it’s teaching English to speakers of other languages or learning Arabic whilst living with and loving those in Egypt, language plays a fundamental role in serving the nations. In the final instalment of this 3-part series, Catalin and Rebekah, part of the Unreached team at Redeemer …
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Reaching the Unreached Through Language: Part 2- Conversation Groups
Reaching the Unreached through Language. Whether it’s teaching English to speakers of other languages or learning Arabic whilst living with and loving those in Egypt, language plays a fundamental role in serving the nations. In the second instalment of a 3-part series, Rebekah, part of the Unreached team at Redeemer Church, shares another way to …
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Reaching the Unreached Through Language: Part 1- Why Language?
Reaching the Unreached through Language. Whether it’s teaching English to speakers of other languages or learning Arabic whilst living with and loving those in Egypt, language plays a fundamental role in serving the nations. In this 3-part series, Rebekah, part of the Unreached team at Redeemer Church and an English teacher at Open Doors …
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An Encouragement to Those Learning a Second Language
John Piper gives a 3 minute encouragement to those learning a second language. Be encouraged! https://vimeo.com/46431494
WHY FIGHT FOR HEART LANGUAGE?
Browse: Home / Why fight for heart language? This post first appeared on www.towinsome.com Terry Virgo always says, “If you’re not convinced, you won’t sustain,” and was it Bill Beckham who said, “Where the vision’s unclear the price is too high?” At this moment there are upwards of 900 million people learning English as a second …
HOW CAN I WORSHIP IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE? (PART 1 of 3)
Photo Credit: michael_swan via Compfight cc Post first published on www.towinsome.com. Follow the links at the end for part 2 and 3. A few weeks ago I led worship in our MidEast church plant. The room was packed, the atmosphere electric. We sang together in the local language, “Jesus is alive, He’s alive! Let the whole world know!”, our …
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3 TOOLS I LOVE FOR LEARNING ANY LANGUAGE
Photo Credit: Shan Jeniah via Compfight cc Post first appeared on www.towinsome.com In February I wrote about God nudging me to go for more language learning. I realized I was stuck in a rut. Somewhere along the way I learned to live with partial-deafness, relying on conversational guesswork while my language growth stagnated. God showed me that in order to …
SHARE THE ADVENT STORY IN ANY LANGUAGE
Photo Credit: baerchen57 via Compfight cc First published www.towinsome.com If you had nothing but the Bible as a guide, what would you do to celebrate Jesus’ birth? I’m wondering because here in my Middle Eastern country Christmas isn’t celebrated at all. Yes, some of the bigger shops sell lights and fake trees, and Starbucks even serves a gingerbread latte. …
6 REASONS TO WATCH MORE MOVIES
Watching national movies with a pencil in hand is a good discipline. If you do this regularly, it will help you explore language and culture in many helpful ways! 1. High days and low days Culture often kicks in at traditional high days, like weddings, funerals, the birth of a baby. Even someone who on …
WHY LEARN LANGUAGE? (INTRO TO LANGUAGE LEARNING SERIES)
This post is our introduction to a series on language learning. Whether you’re learning now or planning ahead, we hope you’ll find these helpful on your journey. Senders and supporters… this series is for you, too! May it give you insight into the topic of language learning and enable to you to better guide, encourage …
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3 TRUTHS & A LIE: WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO BE FLUENT
Welcome to our second post in this language learning series. Click to read the 1st post “Why learn language?” In the last post I wrote that most people are capable of learning a language, but that it won’t happen without hours and hours of hard work. If you’re anything like me, you probably find that …
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3 CONCEPTS THAT SUPERCHARGED MY LANGUAGE LEARNING
On my language learning path there are a few lightbulb moments that stand out. I had the major privilege of attending some language training at the beginning of 2014. The trainer was someone who had been studying language for 30+ years, and was very familiar with many types of language learning methods. Her experience had led …
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