Archive for the 'Great Language Tips' Category

The Big Mistake to Avoid if You Want to Learn a Foreign Language

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Want to know what’s holding you back from learning a foreign language? It’s the one thing that children NEVER do when learning their mother tongue. You were a child once, and you learned to speak your first language without ever making this mistake. But adults just can’t stop themselves from doing it! What is it? […]

Learning Spanish: Where to Begin?

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

So, you are want to learn Spanish. With all of the different options available, it may seem like a formidable task to determine which learn-Spanish package is right for you. There are dozens of ways to learn, whether from a local university, a book—text or audio, telecasts, webcasts, personal tutoring, etc. Two […]

How Ronzoni Italian Foods Helped My Dad Learn English

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

My dad likes to say, he was made in Italy, but born in Brooklyn New York. You see his parents left Palermo, Sicily in February 1955 and sailed by boat to America. My nonna (Italian for grandmother) was six months pregnant at the time and was quite ill through out the month’s passage. […]

Learning A Foreign language!

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

There are several reasons to learn a foreign language. Firstly, it is a well-known fact that by learning a new foreign language we get acquainted a new culture. So this is a way to become more intelligent and get to know more interesting facts about other countries and societies. This may be a poser if […]

Teach English in Colombia: Grappling with Grammar, Gold, Guns, and Guayaba

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Americans avoid Colombia for good reasons. A virtual civil war has been waged for nearly 40 years. Rates of crime and violence are among the world’s highest. And then there’s the “drug problem.” Why would anyone consider coming here to teach English?
“I came because a friend who was working in Cali liked it here and […]

Language as Identity

Friday, June 8th, 2007

English is not just a national language it is a unique global passport.
The sameness of language can overcome any identity crisis, sometimes inconveniently. When I arrived in London, fresh from South Africa and desperate to immerse myself in a foreign culture, language became an issue. If I opened my mouth to speak and there was […]