June 2017

Month

App to date!

Smartphones and tablets start to be a must. They are used to connect, for fun or for work. And for language learning 🙂 There are several applications available for eager language learners who want to improve their skills independently from time and place.

Why not learn Japanese in the metro, some French while waiting for a bus or get immersed with Italian enjoying a cappuccino in your local cafeteria. Technology brings us so many possibilities and “I have no time for language learning” is an outright excuse.

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The way of saying things

The accent matters. It tells where you have spent your time and the people you have been surrounded to. It can be your best friend or worst enemy. Difficult to get rid of but once mastered one can sound native without being it. In my opinion, an accent includes also a personality trait – it gives everybody a little something special.

What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners * do not take it literally *

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Tracking down the origin

Sometimes I stop to savor the words and wonder about their origin. Actually, a great number of words we use daily have their origin in somewhere else. Tendencies are taken from cognate languages, or neighbor states, movies, music… The list can be endless. When eating habits change, new tendencies are incorporated into language as well. Sushi, for example, mmmm, it’s delicious and unobserved we know some Japanese 🙂 Language learning can indeed be unconscious.