{"id":2189,"date":"2013-07-03T11:29:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T11:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2013-07-03T11:29:26","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T11:29:26","slug":"island-voiceovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2013\/07\/03\/island-voiceovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Voiceovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/multidict.net\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2076\" alt=\"Clilstore\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bluesquare.jpg?w=150\" width=\"150\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bluesquare.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bluesquare-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smo.uhi.ac.uk\/gd\/\">Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig<\/a>, the Guthan nan Eilean project is involved with the European <a href=\"http:\/\/www.languages.dk\/tools\/index.htm\">TOOLS<\/a> project\u2019s development of the <a href=\"http:\/\/multidict.net\/\">\u201cClilstore\u201d platform<\/a>, which aims to help teachers create multimedia online language learning units which can include easy access to dictionary translations in over 100 languages. (There are over 150 Clilstore units based on Island Voices videos, for example. Take a look at the Series 1 or 2 pages on this site, or at the Extras page.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The software development is led by Dr Caoimh\u00edn \u00d3 Donna\u00edle on the Isle of Skye, and his work is then tested out by various European partners working in Danish, Lithuanian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic \u2013 as well as Irish and Scottish Gaelic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The overall project is led by Kent Andersen of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sde.dk\/\">SDE College<\/a> in Denmark, who has developed and scripted teach yourself <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/poolslanguages\">videos<\/a> for teachers and learners to help them get to know how to use the platform. The scripts have been rendered in seven different languages, with Gordon Wells of Island Voices recording both the English and the Scottish Gaelic versions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Although the videos are quite long, the plan is to integrate shorter selections from them into the e-book explaining Clilstore that will be another outcome of the TOOLS project. But if you really can\u2019t wait for that, here are a couple of the full-length videos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The learners\u2019 one in English:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WjGt5d4AXBs&amp;w=400&amp;h=225]<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The teachers\u2019 one in Gaelic:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fGJzqaHGkis&#038;w=400&#038;h=300]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig, the Guthan nan Eilean project is involved with the European TOOLS project\u2019s development of the \u201cClilstore\u201d platform, which aims to help teachers create multimedia online language learning units which can include easy access to dictionary translations in over 100 languages. (There are over 150 Clilstore units based on Island Voices videos, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/2013\/07\/03\/island-voiceovers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Island Voiceovers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northpost.co.uk\/uhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}