18th May

The Virtual Travels of Morley

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If you’re missing hopping on a plane this summer, do the next best thing and join Morley for five days of Virtual Travels…

We can’t do much to influence the Green List, but we can help you escape in your mind through the power of language and learning about different world cultures through music, dance, photography and more.

Best of all: these virtual travels will cost you nothing! Compliments of Morley…

Free online events

Join us at every day at 6pm from Monday 24 May to Friday 28 May as we explore:

East Africa via a taster class in Swahili, a language spoken by over 100 million Africans – 6pm on Monday 24 May
- (Also make sure and check out our Swahili language playlist, going out live on Morley Radio at 6pm on Mondays and Fridays from Monday 24 May)
South America through a virtual tour of Mexico City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing more than 1,400 important buildings from the 16th to 19th centuries – 6pm on Tuesday 25 May
A virtual day in Venice, Italy, the world-famous magical floating city of palazzi, cupole and canali – 6pm on Wednesday 26 May
A virtual tour of Lambeth, in our very own home town of London – 6pm on Thursday 27 May
The Middle East via an Arabic Holiday Virtual Taster, where you’ll get to learn how to use basic greetings as well as wishing someone a ‘happy Eid’ – 6pm on Friday 28 May

At Home with Morley

There’s a wealth of material available from our fantastic tutors via At Home with Morley, including:

An online Penny Lecture on the history of Swahili by tutor Adam Johns
The story of how we’ve kept Spanish dance thriving during the lockdown by tutor Fenella Juanita Barker
A quiz that tests your knowledge of musical terminology, founded on the Italian language
Read about the history of The Cut, a key artery close to our Waterloo Centre
An episode of the Language of the Month podcast featuring Arabic tutor Eman Ismael and her students

Xtra podcast

Listen below to hear more about language learning: