April 20, 2008at 9:55 am
· Filed under Languages and the world, Motivation and language learning
Expats and language learning
There are three types of expats when it comes to language learning. I have been an expat for years in Poland, as well as traveling quite a bit. My observation is based on real people regarding expats and language learning. How fast expats learn a language is connected to their […]
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September 28, 2007at 12:52 am
· Filed under Languages and the world, Travel
Dual citizen for US citizens
Is dual citizen allowed
In clear, straight terms, can a US citizen be a dual citizen? Yes. Do you lose your US citizenship? No. So you can relax and be a dual citizen. You can keep your US citizenship and have another in your draw at home.
How can I lose my US […]
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September 25, 2007at 10:27 am
· Filed under English Language, Languages and the world, Learn Chinese, Off the topic of languages
The country that will dominate will determine next world language
The powers
The way I see it is there is the USA, Europe, China, Russia, India.
Other power
Other considerations are either too small, like Japan or South Korea or like Africa or South America or the Arab world, does not have; at this time have a critical level […]
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September 22, 2007at 7:59 am
· Filed under General language learning, Languages and the world, Travel
Western Europe costs a lot in dollars
Falling dollar makes travel to western Europe ridiculous.
Why the dollar has fallen.
The dollar is falling because the - The war.
That is it.
Let me explain: Fiscal spending (Over three trillion dollars) on the war crowds out capital investment in the private sector and especially research and development in new private sector innovation. It initially provides […]
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September 19, 2007at 2:02 pm
· Filed under General language learning, Languages and the world, Linguistics
Language extinction rate
Languages are part of the human database of knowledge and tell us about or cultures and thinking processes. With the extinction of a language, a part of collective human knowledge is lost forever. It is on par with a museum full of ancient treasures being destroyed. National Geographic is studying this problem.
“Languages are […]
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September 10, 2007at 12:06 pm
· Filed under Languages and the world, Learn Polish, Spiritual and Bible aspects of language learning
Latin language and the Catholic church
Latin the universal language
I am getting married in Poland and I am an American citizen. The the Polish courts are very slow and difficult, the Catholic church is very easy to work with. On thing that would be nice if I could get all my original Church documents in Latin, […]
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September 10, 2007at 8:50 am
· Filed under General language learning, Languages and the world
How to become an EU citizen
Dual citizen as an American
Many Americans often talk about the desire to be a dual citizen. We Americans do not always like some of the economic or political policies of Europe, but peace and love we secretly admire the more relaxed lifestyle and cultural richness. Third generations Americans rediscover and connect […]
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September 8, 2007at 3:31 pm
· Filed under Languages and the world
The strangest language in the world is in the Amazon
The strangest language in the world is perhaps a language spoken by a tribe in the Amazon. Its sounds are more like whistles. Almost bird like. Of course they have normal words, but a large part of the vocabulary or mode of expression is […]
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September 4, 2007at 9:08 am
· Filed under English Language, Languages and the world, Learn Polish
Which language has more words Polish or English
Conventional wisdom will tell you the English language has the most words of any language in the world, as it is the most universal and the pax lingua of today. And when you compare it with a language like Polish with only fifty million native speakers, certainly English […]
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August 17, 2007at 6:26 am
· Filed under General language learning, Languages and the world, Learn Spanish, Origin of languages
Mayan language
The Mayans were the only perhaps the only indigenous peoples of the Americas that had a written language. And what it revealed was a powerful civilization marked my rituals and blood.
The Language
Mayan languages were written in the Maya hieroglyphic script. Some of the script were sounds and others words. The surviving body of written […]
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