Schools : Avicii, the inspirational pioneer of electronic music & keening melodies !

 

Avicii | Tom Bergling [1989-2018]

credits: unknown

Last September 8, 2021 Google honored the 32th birthday of the great DJ Avicii, born Tim Bergling.

"Tim left a special mark in this world not only through the incredible music he shared with us but also through his humanitarian work where he made sure he gave back to causes close to his heart."

Avicii

via Twitter

The music of Swedish superstar DJ, producer, songwriter, and humanitarian Tim Bergling—known best by his stage name Avicii—is widely considered to have forever altered the trajectory of the Pop genre. 

• Interactive video:

The video Doodle, set to one of his most iconic tracks “Wake Me Up,” celebrates his 32nd birthday and honors his legacy as one of the first artists to elevate electronic dance music to mainstream global success.

By 16, he was mixing tunes in his bedroom, and began writing uplifting, melodic electronic music soon after. In 2011 he released the dance anthem ‘Levels’ under the name Avicii, breaking ground as one of the first electronic music tracks to climb the Pop charts. Desiring more than just industry success, Bergling also set off on “House for Hunger,” a 2012 American tour that donated its proceeds to combating food insecurity worldwide. 

Within a few years, Bergling/ Avicii racked up over a dozen global music awards such as Swedish Grammy Awards for Best Innovator (2012) and Best Artist (2014), as well as a World Music Award for Best Electronic Dance Artist (2014). 

Avicii

credits: Getty Images

In the U.S. he was nominated for several Grammys and won the American Music Award for Electronic Dance Music Artists (2013), the Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song (2014), and the MTV Music Award for Best Dance Music Video (2018). 

Like so many individuals globally, Bergling struggled with his mental health for years. Unfortunately, he died by suicide on 20 April 2018 at the age of 28.

• Education: 

Music can improve self-confidence, social cohesion and students' understanding of other subjects.

Because of the governments' obsession with targets, exams, and with numeracy and literacy, the Arts and Humanities, and Music in particular are suffering.

In Elementary and Secondary Education, Music curriculum is not yet a major value. It's so wrong! Music, as you could read in different posts on my blog, is a fundamental part in Education of children and young people.  We all know the importance of music in kids and teens life.

Music has the potential to achieve social and psychological transformation of children and young people. Their sensibility will be accurate.

Never waste an opportunity to captivate the major interests of your students. Music is one of the biggest.

• Mental health matters:

However, don't forget to help your students to lead with mental health and how important would be to Tim to search for medical help to avoid his death.

Despite facing great difficulties during pandemic Covid-19, many adolescents and young people have found different ways to face new challenges and cope with their emotions. 

The music was a great support to fight loneliness and depression. Avicii and his electronical music can be an inspirational formula. 

Avicii/ Tim Bergling

Tim Bergling Foundation

https://www.facebook.com/timberglingfoundation/

I love his music since the beginning of his great success. It's so joyful, so pulsing. It cheers me up. How could we imagine that his mental health was being affected?

We had some great moments at Rock in Rio, Lisbon, in May 2016! 

His parents founded The Tim Bergling Foundation after the death of their son in 2018 at the age of 28. The foundation's work includes its "For A Better Day" project that collects young people's voices, thoughts and needs.

The foundation supports science-based organizations engaged in research and preventative actions against mental illness and suicide, particularly among young people.

"When you have such an excess of money you don’t need, the most sensible, most human and completely obvious thing is to give to people in need” 

Avicii | Tom Bergling

Avicii in concert

credits: unknown

Here my tribute to the musician who gives me so enjoyable musical moments. I love all his music. Hoping he has now found his peace.

The lyric goes: "One day you'll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember."

G-Souto

15.09.2021

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sources: Tim Bergling Foundation

European Day of Languages 20 Years : Celebrate at school or at home ! New resources & activities !

20th Anniverversary of the European Day of Languages

https://edl.ecml.at/

European Day of Languages

https://edl.ecml.at/

European Day of Languages 2021: 20 years celebrating linguistic and cultural diversity.

Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans are represented in the Council of Europe's 47 member states and all are encouraged to discover more languages at any age, as part of or alongside their studies. This stems from the Council of Europe’s conviction that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent. Therefore, the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe. 

At the Council of Europe’s initiative, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September - together with the European Commission.

European Day of Languages
https://edl.ecml.at/

"The European Day of Languages gives us an opportunity to value and promote all languages and cultures in Europe. This year we are putting a special focus on inclusive language education, which supports all learners to reach their potential and play an active part in diverse and democratic societies”

It is estimated that there are over 225 indigenous languages in Europe, without even including languages which have arrived on the continent through migration.

Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić

The specific aims of the EDL are to:

• raise awareness of the importance of language learning in order to increase plurilinguism and intercultural understanding;

• promote the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe;

• encourage lifelong language learning in and out of school.

European Day of Languages

https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanDayofLanguages/

• Education:

A dedicated website, which is available in 41 languages (some partly), provides details of the hundreds of events taking place in celebration of the Day, as well as a wide variety of resources and activities for everyone interested in languages and language learning.

💙New! Activities :

 https://edl.ecml.at/Portals/

Poster :  "20 things you might not know about Europe's languages"

In 10 languages. 

App EDL

https://edl.ecml.at/Activities/

App: The secret agent’s language challenges app :

The challenges and quizzes contained within this app encourage learners – future international agents – to take advantage of the plentiful opportunities available to practice or learn more about a language beyond a classroom context. 

By passing through a series of levels you can rise from a lowly agent in training to become a master secret agent. 

Students can compete with friends and schoolmates in achieving challenges, identifying countries and languages and completing quizzes. 

The challenges go from the easy, such as, “count from 1-10 in 3 different languages within one minute” to ones that are a bit more demanding, “together with a friend, write the words to a song/rap in a foreign language.

Great Bake-Off

https://edl.ecml.at/

• Join EDL's 20th Anniversary Great Bake-Off 

This year, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its inauguration, the European Centre for Modern Languages invites all of you to participate in our EDL's Great Bake-Off.

The goal is to collect birthday recipes from different parts of the world and in different languages to then include the 20 most original (and tasty!) desserts in a special 20th-anniversary-edition recipe book. 

If you would like your birthday dessert to be included (after a rigorous selection process!), please read the instructions and get ready to bring out the chef in you!

Submission deadline: 30 September 2021

Note: 

Great Book - Off receipe book

https://edl.ecml.at/Portals/

And here's the book Back-off with the most delicious sweet dessert recipes made by many students from different countries and languages ​​celebrating the European Day of Languages that it's celebrating its 20th anniversary.

It includes the 20 best recipes! Congratulations to the winners!!

Lara Language Journey

Across Europe

https://edl.ecml.at/Activities/

• Lara's language journey across Europe:

During this short journey, students will discover lots of similarities. European languages largely fall into three main categories: Slavic, Romance and Germanic, the languages within each group have the same roots – however, over centuries they have developed in their own distinct directions. You will also find out about their differences: the variety of alphabets (such as Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian and Georgian), often using artistic scripts; how they deal with creating words for new inventions and their sometimes mysterious origins. All have a unique identity and their own story to tell! 

Download book here

hybrid learning cartoon

credits. Freepik

Struggling to find ideas for a ‘socially-distanced’ event for this year’s European Day of Languages? In these uncertain times, it can be challenging to organize events which are both safe and are attractive to a large number of people. 

Here 7 ideas to get the creativity flowing:

Suggestions involving social distance

https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanDayofLanguages/

• Materials:

Posters, flyers, figures, wrist bands, stickers, logos, handbook & so.

Teachers and students can download here

screenshot Languages Challenges app

 https://apple.co/

App: The Secret Agent's Language Challenges app

An app, created specifically for the EDL, encourages users to carry out a series of language challenges, thereby developing further competence and confidence in using different languages.

The app offers a wide range of challenges to keep language learners motivated – in particular during a prolonged period away from the ‘physical’ language classroom. 

The app can easily be used by students/children independently or together with teachers and parents. Lots of fun and in more than 15 languages!

iOS: https://apple.co/3mq7qfz (free)
Android: https://bit.ly/3hFp2QG (free?)

https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanDayofLanguages/

Facts & fun:

"According to a research at Cambridge University, it doesn’t matter in what order letters in a word are written; the only important factor is that the first and last letters should be in the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without any problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole."

• Languages facts
• Language games
• Languages fun

Here the page to learn, gaming and having fun.

Well, if you couldn't include the European Day of Languages into your school curriculum, you can do it next week. 

We are living different times, you are teaching in different times. Difficult times. So, be cool! Teachers can use the activities in different ways and propose them to students in the classroom when they think it will be important.

Be safe! Don't forget your mask and ask your students to use their masks as well. And out of school, always respect the social distance.

We will be all right!

G-Souto

25.09.2020

update 26.09.2025

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Schools: European Day of Languages 20 Years : Celebrate at school or at home ! New resources & activities ! by G-Souto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.