Tag: foreign language
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February 12, 2008 12:12 PM EST --
So,
My husband's family is predominately Scotish. I think it would be the coolest thing ever for us to speak some basic gaelic with our daughter. I really want to get a head start and . . .
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September 29, 2008 08:43 PM EDT --
We live in a world where there are 266 unique languages, each spoken by over a million people. It is commonplace to meet people in our home countries for whom English is not their first language--who . . .
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September 12, 2007 01:44 AM EDT --
If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?
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September 14, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
As you may have heard, a prominent family of Swabian-Americans "disappeared" from this website yesterday, for reasons unknown, but likely related to the unauthorized use of humor and creativity. . . .
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January 09, 2008 01:58 PM EST --
Of the 100 people at a recent party, 90 spoke Spanish, 80 spoke Italian, and 75 spoke Mandarin. At least how many spoke all three languages?
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March 26, 2008 10:24 PM EDT --
We are looking for a new day care for my 15-month old daughter Kyleigh. Two of the day care centers that we are considering include foreign language in their curriculum. One day care teaches Spanish, and . . .
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May 22, 2008 01:53 AM EDT --
These are actual signs seen around the world in non-English speaking countries. Some of the mistakes are hilarious!
In a Rome laundry:
Ladies leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon . . .
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September 25, 2006 02:07 PM EDT --
The first time I felt confident that my English was "good enough" was when I started to dream in English.
I started learning English since junior high school, but I did not really have the environment . . .
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March 30, 2008 10:11 PM EDT --
My daughter loves Dora the explorer. She is obsessed with Diego! Anyway she is learning a lot of Spanish words from that show and its so cute! Its great to I think. She knows "open", "push" . . .
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August 30, 2007 04:12 PM EDT --
Sound Barrier
-or-
Lost in
Translation
For those that got dizzy looking down from the green glass tower I posted . . .
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November 09, 2007 02:50 AM EST --
I'm looking for reputable schools in China (and probably other places). Berlitz is everywhere. They offer free training (as do most schools I've looked at). The benefit that is different is that . . .
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February 21, 2008 08:45 AM EST --
Resource of the Day: Spanish lessons in 15 minutes a day
While this site doesn't have a *lot* of lessons, it's about 40 - good for daily practice, certainly. The lessons come in the form . . .
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September 16, 2008 12:49 PM EDT --
When people are obsessed with a topic, they're often like the proverbial man with a hammer who sees nails everywhere: they project this topic into everything that provides an even remotely suitable . . .
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April 30, 2007 10:52 PM EDT --
This is a short story about learning a foreign language.
I was studying my graduate degree in UMD (University of Maryland, College Park), and I had just moved to America for a few months. I was doing . . .
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September 19, 2007 06:05 PM EDT --
Here's a word game with a twist for all you game fans out there. Post a word, any word, in a language other than the languages already posted. Post the language first, then the word, then . . .
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August 20, 2007 10:16 AM EDT --
We wrote the The Bilingual Edge to help all parents make the best language decisions for their children. Our aim is to put the latest research findings into a format that today’s busy parents can . . .
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November 24, 2008 09:36 AM EST --
"Thank you" in over 465 languages
Abenaki (Maine USA, Montreal Canada) Wliwni ni
Abenaki (Maine USA, Montreal Canada) Wliwni
Abenaki (Maine . . .
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September 16, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
Whether you are a translator or an aspiring one, I’m sure you must have heard thousands of times about the evolution of language and how it changes with time. I myself have been living and breathing . . .
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February 27, 2008 01:15 PM EST --
What Languages Do You Speak?
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Parlez-vous le français?
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
¿Habla usted español?
I should be able to speak French. I used . . .
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July 24, 2008 02:35 AM EDT --
While English has become a global lingua franca over the past several decades, this infact, however does have little effect on my decision to learn a foreign language. The attitude that English alone . . .
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