Any traveller wishing to head off to explore China has probably at some point wondered about the issue of the language barrier between themselves and their hosts. Whilst English-speaking people traveling to Germany, France or Latin countries has the benefit of talking to other speakers of Indo-European languages, sharing grammatical rules and often similar words, […]
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Guest Post de Fernando Saraiva Resposta rápida: não, eles não são a mesma coisa. E provavelmente sua primeira pergunta depois de ler isso é: por quê? Resposta rápida: Porque inglês americano e inglês britânico também não são a mesma coisa. Há basicamente duas razões para isso, além da mutação natural das línguas: isolamento geográfico e
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Guest Post by Paul Mains With over 40 million inhabitants each, Spain and Argentina are two of the most populous Spanish-speaking countries in the world. Their capitals — Madrid and Buenos Aires, respectively — are bustling metropolitan hubs, rich in history and tradition. But despite having the same official language, the two cities are quite
Guest Post by Fernando Saraiva Quick answer: No, they are not the same. And probably the first question of yours after reading this is: Why? Quick answer: Because British English and American English are not the same either. There are basically too main reasons for that event, in addition to, the natural mutation of languages: Geographic
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Duolingo’s website carries the claim that, according to an independent study, an average of 34 hours of Duolingo are equivalent to a full university semester of language education. Since a one-semester university course usually takes more than 34 hours of work, this suggests that Duolingo is more effective than an average university language course. Duolingo
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The word ‘polyglot’ has its origins in Greek meaning the ‘ability to speak many languages’. Having reviewed the literature and theories on polyglottism, it seems to me that an intersubjective examination is needed on where the thresholds should be with the polyglot community. So to what level should I speak a language in order for
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GUEST POST FOR LANGUAGE TSAR Guest Post di Antonio Libertino Ti è mai capitato di leggere qualcosa e mentre lo leggi facendoci scorrere i tuoi occhi, ti trovi perso nella lettura e più continui a leggere e più ti senti bene e meno ti sforzi e più ti perdi nella lettura… perché mentre da una
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Assimil consists of a pocket sized book and 4 audio CDs and promises an intuitive method. I bought it for Romanian and read through a few chapters each day as each chapter is quite short. The book is based on a series of short bilingual dialogues. I bought the French version as there was no
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