European Day of Languages 2017

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• Select topic A postcard from l'Office du Jèrriais

  A postcard from l'Office du Jèrriais

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  It is European Day of Languages on 26th September 2017. This year's theme is liberty. To celebrate this, as well as National Poetry Day two days later, l'Office du Jèrriais has produced a set of poetry postcards which are being distributed across Jersey's schools. The poems on these postcards each celebrate freedom and can be enjoyed in both Jèrriais and English.

  Click below to see the images and listen to the audio versions of our poems.
• Select topic Read our poems

  Read our poems
  • Select activity Libre (Free)

    

    Libre (Free) File

    A poem by Geraint Jennings (Original Jèrriais version and English translation)

  • Select activity Jèrriais Englyn

    

    Jèrriais Englyn File

    A Jèrriais poem written by Geraint Jennings in the style of a Welsh englyn. See Teacher Resources for an explanation of what an englyn is.

• Select topic Listen to our poems

  Listen to our poems
  • Select activity Libre - Free (audio)

    

    Libre - Free (audio) URL

    Listen to Tony Scott Warren's reading of this poem by Geraint Jennings.

  • Select activity Libre (video)

    

    Libre (video) URL

    Watch Geraint Jennings perform his poem Libre.

  • Select activity Jèrriais Englyn (audio)

    

    Jèrriais Englyn (audio) URL

    Listen to Geraint Jennings' reading of his englyn poem in Jèrriais.

  • Select activity Jèrriais Englyn (video)

    

    Jèrriais Englyn (video) URL

    Watch Geraint Jennings perform his Jèrriais englyn.

• Select topic Notes for teachers

  Notes for teachers
  • Select activity What is an englyn?

    

    What is an englyn? File