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Bring the Roman Emperors to life
Article about the opportunities to connect contemporary technology with the past. How can we make young people aware of both the opportunities and risks of such technologies? In this teaching material you put yourself in the shoes of figures such …
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Novels in the classroom: Book tips per language
An overview of novels in different languages. Here you will find titles of books in the following languages:
- French,
- English,
- German,
- Spanish,
- Russian,
- Italian,
- Turkish.
The list was drawn up by the language teachers of the Department of …
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Studying: 20 quotes in Dutch and English
Many famous authors, scientists and artists express a piece of life advice in the form of a quote. Whether you're just starting your academic journey or nearing the end, we could all use some motivation when it comes to studying.
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Bring Tacitus to life with AI
Article about a project on AI technology, a collaboration between Ghent University and Sint-Lievenscollege, where a bridge was built between two apparent opposites: classical languages and programming languages. In this project, you can use your …
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Pythia: Epigraphy, Poetry and AI
When studying Classical Antiquity, we rely on all kinds of sources. Stories of great poets, beautiful temples, drawings on all kinds of objects... In this AI project you will get to know epigraphy, the branch of archeology that delves into …
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AI in the classroom: Why and how?
Article about how and why you can use AI in the classroom. You will discover some concrete ideas for involving AI in language subjects, in art and in wider society. This can serve as inspiration for setting up cross-curricular projects in the …
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Academic English: do's and don'ts
Most students have a good basic or even advanced knowledge of English. Yet writing in academic English is often a stumbling block for many. Academic texts are not just formal texts, they require a certain style.
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Conditionals: English if sentences (if clauses)
If I had ten million, I would ask the Queen to come for afternoon tea. If you had ten million, what would you do?
Those first two sentences are if clauses. With if sentences you indicate a condition in English; in Dutch you do that with als. Such …
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American and British English: The History and Differences
We are all confronted with English; both American and British English. Both are correct, but at school we learn British English. What exactly is the difference between British and American English? And how did these differences arise historically?
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Misused English Proverbs: Blog Post
We all know some funny and erroneous English sayings and proverbs like unfortunately peanut butter or I fell with the door in house . But what are the right variants? In this article you will get the correct variant of some common erroneous …
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Present perfect continuous: Brief summary
The present perfect continuous , was that with to have added, or with being , or both? After reading this article, it will be clear to you when to use the present perfect continuous and how to form it.
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Present perfect simple: Brief summary
There are four present tenses in English, but when do you use which present tense? And more importantly, how do you shape those times?
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