The Country of the Rooster French culture is rich and grandiose. This blog post will dive deeper into how this wonderful culture has become so popular thanks to its history and gastronomy. The history of the French language The first inhabitants whose language truly marked France were the Gauls. Around 50 BC, the Romans conquered …
Following Through on our New Year’s Resolutions 2020 has dawned upon us and this marks the end of what has been a glorious decade. We thank 2019 for all the new experiences we’ve had, the new friends we’ve met, and, of course, the added wisdom. At the start of every year, people often draft their …
The Longest Christmas Celebration At this time of the year, Christmas songs are already being played in almost all shopping malls, office buildings, and other public places in the country of the Philippines. Thousands of colorful lights and artistically crafted lanterns adorn the streets which make you more and more excited as the much-anticipated festivity …
The Language of Our Traditions What do the words mezcal, pozole, copal and cempasúchil have in common? They are some of the elements–which really have no good translation– that can be found at a Mexican Day of the Dead celebration. Even though it has the word dead in it, this traditional day is far from …
European day of languages Many people learn foreign languages because they understand the important role they play in today’s world. Some study English, some French, some German … Some people like to learn rare languages, such as Latin, Sanskrit or Hebrew. The question is why they do it. A great German writer once said, “He …
Travel and learn Summer is here. These two months we long for so much, despite the stifling heat and the damp air that curls our hair. The season without school and with a lot of time to do things we’ve been planning all year. The time when the days are longer and the nights shorter. …
April Showers Bring May Flowers April is an odd month which represents many things to many people. In business, with its dry “business speak”, it’s the beginning of the year’s 2nd quarter. In academics, it marks a halfway point where the clock counts down to the end of school and the beginning of summer time …
The importance of language learning Has language learning always been as important? Was it necessary to know languages long ago? Is there a higher demand now compared to other times? We invite you to walk through time, observing the different changes that the learning of a foreign language has had in our population. Interviewing three …
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