Hit the Beach! Foreign Language Learning in the Summertime

I took a much needed break from the computer screen this afternoon–packed up the kids and headed out to the beach for a little sandcastle-building.  Here in my little corner of Michigan, “the beach” is a metro park with gravely sand and lawn by an inland lake.  It may not be the Riviera, but I believe the official translation of the noun “beach” in any language is “a magically relaxing place.”  Here are a few more foreign language beach translations you might enjoy on this sunny, summer’s day:  

A Beach in Italy

SPIAGGIA – Beach in Italian

sun- sole

sand- sabbia

sandcastle – castello di sabbia

ocean – oceano

 

A Beach in French Polynesia

PLAGE – Beach in French

sun- soleil

sand- sable

sandcastle – château de sable 

ocean – océan

 

A Beach in Cozumel, Mexico

PLAYA – Beach in Spanish

sun- sol

sand – arena

sandcastle – castillo de arena 

ocean - océano

 

Practice a foreign language during your beach excursions this summer.  Or, if the pool is more your style, check out the poolside Spanish learning ideas over at the Spanish Middle School blog.

And please forgive me for this closing, but I can’t resist . . . 

Hit the spiaggia this summer!  Life’s a plage!  Enjoy a playa-party!  Discover language at a beach.

• Photo Credit for Italian Beach: by danielito http://morguefile.com/archive/?display=128212&
• Photo Credit for French Polynesian Beach: by embala http://morguefile.com/archive/?display=39939&
• Photo Credit for Mexican Beach: by Schick http://morguefile.com/archive/?display=187117&