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Author :: Gene Smith  |
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| Article Title :: Understanding American Slang for Immigrants |
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| I must warn you that I'm not an expert on slang. What I'm going to offer is my best estimate of the meaning to some of the slang that's you may hear daily. If a friend tells you that I got the meanings wrong or that I'm not quite accurate, that may be true. However, I am going to reflect on my own observations and give you the best definition of slang terms that I know. I hope that this may be of benefit to you.Urban:Wrong Dude-An inconsistent, devious or petulant person.Balls To The Wall-Meeting or exceeding a criterion usually accompanied by an unusual event or action.Dissin-Showing disrespect usually to you in the company of others.Freeze-Stop. Stop i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: Jon Lewis |
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| Article Title :: Why Women are Better than Men at Learning Languages |
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| What’s the key to success in learning a foreign language? Surely it’s a genuine desire to communicate with other people. I can’t think of another valid reason. That’s why in general women are better than men at learning languages. If you’re a man and you want to learn a language, I’m going to tell you why you will find it more difficult than a woman and what you can do about it.I’m probably going to be accused of stereotyping men and women here, but time and time again studies have shown that generally, (there are always exceptions) men score higher in maths tests and women score higher in language tests. I’m not a scientist, and I don’t want to bore you with scie (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: Philip Nicosia |
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| Article Title :: All About French- Speaking Countries |
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| The French Language
Roughly around 200 million people around the world speak French. This number includes people who speak French as a native language, as a second language and students of all ages who do not live in a francophone (French-speaking) country but have learned French. In fact French as a foreign language is the second most commonly taught language worldwide after English. It is also the only foreign language that can be useful throughout the world as well as in the United States. French comes in second after English on the list of the world’s 10 most influential languages. Proof of this is the pivotal role French holds. It is one of the official working languages (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: Adam Eason |
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| Article Title :: How to Gain Instant Rapport With Language |
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| I went to the theatre at the weekend to watch a stage version of a favourite film of mine. The film is called 'East is East' and is nothing short of hilarious throughout. The stage show is wonderful too.The idea behind the film is about a mixed race family where the strict father from Pakistan has raised his children with his northern English wife in a working class environment. The father expects his sons to agree to an arranged marriage and is infuriated when they do not want to do so. I shall not go on in too much depth about it, but if you get the chance to see it, you will laugh out loud at times.The things that make me laugh about it so much is the way in which languag (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: John Dee |
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| Article Title :: Lost in the Translation |
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| I have to write about this one, and I hope I'm right. Right!? The English language is difficult to right. Often times it's difficult to right a wrong. Interesting question; how may rights are there in the English language? After you have red this post, I'm sure you will understand too reason why the English language is most difficult to read and right. Perhaps you will Emil me (smiling). It hurts too be Emailed around the world on a tiny wire! Just send an Emil to me, it’s less painful. One day we could go for a "hot cup of coffee". However, I prefer hot coffee in a cup. Remember, don't throw the baby out the window some cookies.After working an all night shift, a group of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: Lisa Nobles - |
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| Article Title :: What Is The Best Way To Learn A Foreign Language? |
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| Studies have shown that how you learn a foreign language impacts whether or not you will actually follow through it. Obviously, if you get bored before you’ve put in the required time and effort, you’re not going to learn much of the language at all. So let’s address the facts that help determine whether you’re going to stick with your goal of learning a foreign language or not.
First things first, you are going to need positive feedback. That means you need a way to measure your goal of learning the new language. Whether this includes tracking your progress or actually trying to speak the language with someone fluent in it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that you (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: Anne Taylor |
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| Article Title :: How to Take the Labour out of Language Learning |
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| Oh yes, it is possible. Let me show you some of the ways.First of all commit to enjoyment and make the decision that it’s going to be fun. Look for ways of making it pleasurable. Tell people what a great time you are having. Believe it and enjoy. The above could apply to anything of course. It might be another learning situation, a new job, helping at a jumble sale, organising a coach trip for your son’s football team.Secondly – be positive. Remarks like “I’m hopeless, I’ll never learn this” tend to be self fulfilling prophesies. Better to say something like “ I am getting better and better at learning words”. Stop yourself when you hear yourself s (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: Alexandra Gamanenko |
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| Article Title :: 4 Ideas How to Have Your Website Translated into Russian Cheap or Even for Free |
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| More and more website owners are now trying to reach people who speak other languages. Russian is now among languages most often translated into. It's no wonder. For any e-business reaching this
audience means new clients and business partners, higher profit, as well as more recognition and publicity.But before you achieve all this, you should make considerable effort and investment. To begin with, your website, advertisements, and other texts should be written for your would-be audience and translated.What if you don't have much money right now? Translation is a pretty expensive service. Prices start somewhere from 12 cents per word, so translation of a middle-sized websi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: Christopher Haan |
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| Article Title :: The Nature of Language |
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| I have come to the conclusion that cyberspeak is an enjoyable language. It allows one to break the rules of grammar and punctuation without penalty. Language, especially English, has always been an organic substance. In other words, the diction, syntax and rules of any natural mode of communication, such as English, have always morphed and evolved as humans put input into it.Strict, mechanistic rules in language are only formalized in order to ease communication among the elite. The important thing to remember is that certain individuals are naturally elected the right to challenge this order. They do so by being creative.If we are going to fer (read full article) |
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| Category :: Language Articles |
Author :: Larry M. Lynch |
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| Article Title :: If You Think English is Difficult Try Mandarin – Part 1 |
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| Several factors make learning Chinese a considerably more formidable task than learning another Germanic or Romance languages. Studying a foreign language is an excellent way for English and other language teachers to improve their own teaching. It also forces you into the role of a student so you can experience first hand the problems, difficulties and challenges your EFL learners face in your classes. Don't believe me? Then look at what happened to me …Greeting the language learning students with a cheerful “Ni Hao” (Hello), our teacher, Shutzng Zhang begins the second class session of the Santiago de Cali University’s first – ever course in Mandarin. The spartan class (read full article) |
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