Learn a language

Language certificates
Every language has a certificate program. For example in English there is something called “first certificate” In all languages there are equivalent tests, in Spanish, French, Polish, Russian, Italian, German and Ukrainian you can get something such as this test certificate. There is also intermediate level advanced and proficiency. Proceiency means you [...]

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How a baby learns languages
Want to help your infant’s communication skills - which ultimately lead to those precious first words?
Babies’ brains are hardwired to learn any language; they learn early on to mimic (i.e. babble) the language they hear spoken most frequently. Also, around the age of two months, your infant’s vocal chords are capable [...]

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How to get married in Poland and have a Polish wedding
How to marry a Polish citizen
There are two types of Polish marriages, Polish civil marriage and Church marriage. If you have a Polish church wedding this is legal. I will explain the Church wedding, as this is more common in Poland.
As with any official or [...]

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Here is a technique that may not increase your IQ, as it claims, but will certainly increase your visual perceptiveness of details and might stimulate creativity by bringing more of your intelligence online. It does this by connecting your language centers with your visual/imaginative centers in your brain. It is a type of Socratic method [...]

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Dating and language
Dating someone from another country and language learning. When I first moved to Poland many girls wanted to meet me, usually for coffee. At first I thought this was the ‘Hollywood effect’ from beginning from the states. Foreigners are always interested in exotic people from other countries and they are treat a little [...]

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Listeners versus speakers. I am a talker more than a listener. Consequently I speak better in foreign languages than I can comprehend. Generally I would say listeners are better with languages because they hear language patterns over and over. I used to think that it’s easier to speak than understand as you can speak [...]

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Going to church and praying in a foreign language. Some things are meant to be holy and not a language learning technique. However if you are a going to church and praying and want to learn a language then try to go to not English services. You will get a lot out of it from [...]

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Who are better in languages men or women? In my experience women, perhaps because they have more connections in their verbal centers usually pick up a language easier. However I when I meet a man that speaks a language well they speak it really well like a native. Further when I meet guys who actually [...]

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Speak a language
When living in or traveling to another country a problem with allowing yourself to be immersed in the language is that many people like to practice their English with a native English speaker. Therefore real immersion does not occur unless you are strong. You have to not be shy or intimidated nor moved [...]

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Internet resources and language learning
Internet resources and language learning one of my pet peeves with the internet is the amount of spam and useless junk that exist connected to language learning. The internet is the largest receptacle of recylced information in the world.
I created a site Polish grammar or love phrases. These pages required [...]

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