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Stuart is a graduate of Flinders University in South Australia with a Bachelor of Languages Degree, an Honours Degree Bachelor of Arts, (languages and linguistics) and a Master of Language Studies Degree.
Stuart is pictured here with his thesis investigations of la bande dessinée franco-belge, specifically, the linguistic context, stereotypes, representations, and controversies in the early adventures of Tintin, his creator, period children's stories, and comic book literature
Keep up to date with the progress of Stuart's exciting bilingual storybook adventure, The Adventures of Paris and Freddie. Set for release in 2024!
Stuart's philosophy is if you think you know it all, you know very little! Click through to view Stuart's recent language teaching conference workshop certificates!
Click through to Stuart's page on the Klingon Language Wiki!
Click through to read Stuart's article about teaching a second language class containing true and false beginners. What tasks would you utilise to keep the latter challenged without overwhelming the former?
Stuart is a financial member of the Modern Language Teachers Association of South Australia.
Stuart's Indigenous Linguistic Program received a nomination for the 2023 Reconciliation Awards in Educaton!
Click here to read an article about Stuart's thesis research tour of the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe!
Stuart can be booked as a keynote speaker at your event via this website.
Stuart is most appreciative of his supporter, JSA Accounting Reynella.
Thanks to Y-Suites Adelaide for the fast-approaching booking as part of my Winter series of masterclasses presenting Language in Action ©Stuart A Blair, an innovative teaching technique for teachers and students incorporating sequential art, language meditation, and drama in second-language classrooms across age demographics!
Stuart can be booked direct from this website to present at your event!
The WEA education institution boasts a language program larger than any tertiary institution in Adelaide, with 25 languages on offer, and I'm delighted to coordinate the Constructed language program.
The first class for Conlangs ran from March 16 to April 27, and it was very popular, with a waitlist of students eager to register for the next course commencing in the second half of 2024!
The course analysed constructed languages. It classified them into Auxiliary Languages (Auxlangs), such as Esperanto, Ido and Volapük, and Artistically-Constructed Languages (Artlangs), such as Klingon, Quenya, High Valyrian, and Dothraki, providing knowledge in a language such as greetings; introduction, emotion, and a farewell; unique characteristics; and the influence of the language family on global society.
In the images above, I presented a linguistic workshop, Language in Action ©Stuart A Blair, where students learning a second language created a story sequentially and acted out their adventure using the target language.
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I'm having an absolute hoot with linguistics students at The University of Adelaide lecturing about the exciting world of Constructed languages.
The two-hour lecture investigates languages created for the entertainment industry—Constructed languages (Conlangs).
The lecture analyses constructed languages. It classifies them into Auxiliary Languages (Auxlangs), such as Esperanto, Ido and Volapük, and Artistically-constructed Languages (Artlangs), such as Klingon, Quenya, High Valyrian, and Dothraki, providing basic knowledge in a language such as greetings; introduction, emotion, and a farewell; a unique characteristic; the influence of the language family on global society and information about where it might be possible to continue to learn one of more than 450 Constructed languages in Australia or online.
Thanks to Dr Eve Afifa Kheir | Faculty of Arts, Business & Economics, The University of Adelaide, for including me in the program of lectures.
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Share Article → Thanks to everyone I spoke with at my expo site at the Adelaide Showgrounds on June 4!
The Mega Toy Fair attracted thousands of visitors on day one of the weekend-long pop culture event.
Special thanks to mi amiga, Noelia Carvajal from the School of Languages for visiting the expo during the cross-promotion of the fast-approaching July 'Languages Alive!' school holiday program. I look forward to presenting la bande dessinée franco-belge at the event next month!
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