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Becoming Italian: At a Cafe, Online, and In ConversationDianne Hales closed out October with some great advice for using your Italian in different situations, from the caffè to the internet. A sampling after the jump…... More Tags: Italian, Italian Heritage Month
Essential Italian: At HomeHere are some of the most important words you’ll need to talk about your home.... More Tags: Italian, Italian Heritage Month
Would You Like to Participate in a Language Learning Group?We’ve done a good deal of research on how to create a successful language course, and now we want to learn more about how our customers put it to use. To do this, we’re forming Language Learning Groups in Spanish and French, and we’re looking for twenty qualified participants for each language.... More Tags: Complete Basic Course, French, language learning, language learning methods, Spanish
Are There “Happy Languages?”In this interesting blog post, Olivia Judson asks whether certain languages predispose their speakers toward happiness more than other languages do.... More
Language Superlearners SurveyMichael Erard, author of Um…: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean, is working on a new book about language superlearners and is looking for language speakers of any level to take part in a brief survey on language learning. Pitch in! If you speak six or more languages, click here. (Wow! Good for you.) If you do not have much experience with a language other than your mother tongue, click here. (This second category includes people who may have studied a language in high school or college, but wouldn’t consider themselves bilingual or multilingual.) More information on the book can be found here. We’ll be interested in seeing the results; goodness knows we love a good popular science language book. Tags: bilingualism, multilingualism
Essential Italian: In ConversationSome of the most basic expressions in Italian are the ones you’ll use in conversation.... More Tags: Italian, Italian Heritage Month
Becoming Italian: Shopping, Loving, Sleeping, DrivingWe can barely keep up with the amazing posts Dianne Hales is writing over on her blog for Italian Heritage month. A sneak peak:... More Tags: Italian, Italian Heritage Month
Essential Italian: OnlineMost computer terms in Italian are borrowings from English. Here are some of the more obvious you’ll need when talking about computers in Italian.... More Tags: Italian, Italian Heritage Month
Essential Italian: At a Coffee BarHere are some phrases you’ll need in any coffee bar.... More Tags: Italian, Italian Heritage Month
What Language Do They Speak in Chinatown?The obvious answer would be Chinese, but some would argue that there’s really no such language. ... More Tags: Cantonese, Chinese, dialects, Mandarin
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