Leaving Vancouver for Europe
This evening I fly off to Vienna, former capital of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and then to Romania. I have been creating Romanian Playlists in iLingQ on my iPad, so that I can open them, rad them...
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China must make its mark on global language map on its own terms - South...
China must make its mark on global language map on its own termsSouth China Morning PostMost people believe that the secret to promoting Chinese culture is to have as many foreigners as possible...
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Language barrier is damaging the UK - Financial Times
Language barrier is damaging the UKFinancial TimesIt is not the foreign language that matters per se but rather the experience of trying to express yourself in a language and within a cultural context...
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LICHTLIE THIS.
As I said here, my wife and I are now reading the Edinburgh mystery novels of Alexander McCall Smith, and we're about halfway through the second one, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate. The opening scene has a...
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Pacers' Hibbert fined $75K for vulgar language - 13 WTHR Indianapolis - WTHR
Pacers' Hibbert fined $75K for vulgar language - 13 WTHR IndianapolisWTHRIndiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert has been fined $75,000 by the NBA for using inappropriate and vulgar language during postgame...
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'Promoting Urdu language' - DAWN.com
'Promoting Urdu language'DAWN.comThis mixing of English words in our spoken languages (national and regional) is more of a complex issue and must be addressed at the grassroots level as suggested. Our...
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NBA fines Pacers' Roy Hibbert $75000 for 'inappropriate and vulgar language'...
CBC.caNBA fines Pacers' Roy Hibbert $75000 for 'inappropriate and vulgar language'SI.comThe NBA announced Sunday that Roy Hibbert has been fined $75,000 for using “inappropriate and vulgar language”...
View Article英語が自由に話せるようになる教材とは？
わたしたちは、小学校、中学校、高校、大学と、非常に多く英語を学ぶ機会がありますが、英文の読解はできても、英会話能力はそれほど身につきません。なぜかというと、通常の学校では、英語の読解能力の向上を図るカリキュラムを実施しており、英会話能力の向上は、それほど重視していないからなのです。しかし、ぺらぺらな英語を話せるようになりたいと思う人は少なくありません。そのニーズに応じ、英会話を話せるようになるための...
View ArticleValuing Vocabulary
My daughter is now one and a half years old, and while she can’t say much yet, I know that little brain of hers is hard at work acquiring language. One thing that’s become really obvious lately is how...
View ArticleWhy do businesses work with P & L Translations?
Companies hire us to gain access to new markets,and to help them market both new products and existing products there. We can help them determine if a product is not culturally appropriate in Latin...
View Article7 Pecados Capitais de Quem Estuda Inglês
Você certamente conhece os 7 pecados capitais, não é mesmo? Se não os conhece, anote aí para não se esquecer: luxúria, gula, avareza, ira, soberba, vaidade e preguiça. Agora, o que é que esses 7...
View ArticleWord of the day: Bougainvillea
In the late 1700s it was not only the British who were sailing around the world, as today’s entry shows. Bougainvillea: In the late 1700s it was not only the British who were sailing around the world....
View ArticleCartoon: Next Big Scandal
BACKGROUND Three months before becoming Prime Minister in 2010, David Cameron promised that a Conservative government would stop the lobbying industry’s attempts to use politicians to access and...
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Do grammar quizzes matter?
The argument about teaching and testing grammar in schools seems to have mutated into an increasingly political media squabble about ‘correct grammar’. Michael’s critique of self-styled ‘crusading...
View ArticleDo grammar quizzes matter?
The argument about teaching and testing grammar in schools seems to have mutated into an increasingly political media squabble about ‘correct grammar’. Michael’s critique of self-styled ‘crusading...
View ArticleGermans on holiday
As a German citizen I feel like 'ze Germans' are everywhere, but I am quite certain that everybody has that feeling about their own nationalities. I was rather lucky to have been travelling to a few...
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7 Spanish Comic Book Characters
The post 7 Spanish Comic Book Characters appeared first on Speaking Latino. For your spanish dictionary go to SpeakingLatino.com.Comics were popularized in the United States in the 30’s. From political...
View ArticleRecadastre-se e ganhe um Livro Digital GRÁTIS (6)
Recadastre-se e ganhe um eBook GRÁTIS
View Article"No homo"
In a sign of the times, "Hibbert's Remarks Result in a Fine", NYT 6/2/2013: The N.B.A. fined Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert $75,000 Sunday, hours after Hibbert apologized for using an antigay slur...
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That and which
When I read this tweet this morning, I knew that “which” was the wrong relative pronoun and should be replaced by “that”. However, my years of having two hours of English grammar per week are but a...
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