 language barriers language barriers programs what are some effective ways people have found to facilitate groups that speak several different languages how do you pick a main language to teach in are you using translators do the kids help each other understand talia mon 8052019 1357 language barriers by nanjavanrijsse on mon 8262019 1406 my experience is mostly english dutch and signing kids are happy to translate and pick up on a language way faster than me haha i know amber wstw fmsb has started a list of skaterelated words in arabic kurdish and farsi while she was out volunteering at projects happy to share and would be nice if other people can contribute in their language so that we can all profit from it while teaching in multilanguage groups i ll email her about it in the main time if someone is interested you can contact me at nanja at womenskatetheworldcom dari vocabulary list afghan farsi by rhianon on mon 9092019 1638 following on from nanja s offer if any of you are working with afghan youth  here is a list of phonetic dari vocabulary  that relates specifically to teaching skateboarding and arts made by skateistan volunteers these sorts of cheat sheets can be helpful shortterm though of course learning the language of your participants and or handing over teaching to others who speak the same language makes more sense in the longterm  language by timwardsas on sat 12282019 317 interesting topic in the us we don t come across this issue much because i believe that in our state arizona it s against the law to teach the kids in any language other than english nationalism is deeply ingrained here unfortunately what i wanted to say though was that kristin from skate like a girl taught clinics in japan where there was no ability for verbal communication between her and the participants and she brought up the idea of learning and practicing more non verbal skate instruction just an interesting idea that i hadn t considered but it has amazing implications for kids with hearing differences and of course languages  