Tolkien in school? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Narya · 03-13-2003, 04:43 AM

Where do you go to school? It sounds interesting to learn quenya and sindarin.
But does your teacher, who found out your *elvish names*, teaches the languages to you?
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We had to choose a topic we would like to talk about and do a report after that, hobbit punk.
So it wasn´t part of the usual English- classes. Our teacher accepted LotR as well as any other topic we are interested in and I think it´s a very good idea to do such things especially in language- classes.

And @ Eressië Ailin: Do all of the students read The Hobbit and learn Elvish or is it just a small class of Tolkien- fans?

Some suggestions for Tolkien in school, that I could make are:
history of Middle Earth, languages of the diffrent cultures (could be combined with learning about the development of languages in generall) and tales of Tolkien´s world (in the Silmarillion) and their importance and effect.

03-13-2003, 04:43 AM	#29
Narya Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: not here... floating down the Liffey Posts: 124	Where do you go to school? It sounds interesting to learn quenya and sindarin. But does your teacher, who found out your elvish names, teaches the languages to you? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] We had to choose a topic we would like to talk about and do a report after that, hobbit punk. So it wasn´t part of the usual English- classes. Our teacher accepted LotR as well as any other topic we are interested in and I think it´s a very good idea to do such things especially in language- classes. And @ Eressië Ailin: Do all of the students read The Hobbit and learn Elvish or is it just a small class of Tolkien- fans? Some suggestions for Tolkien in school, that I could make are: history of Middle Earth, languages of the diffrent cultures (could be combined with learning about the development of languages in generall) and tales of Tolkien´s world (in the Silmarillion) and their importance and effect. __________________ ...for we know the joy of life is the peace* that love can bring* So spoke the wizard in his mountain home.