October 11, 2007at 12:09 pm
· Filed under General language learning, Learn Russian, Learn Spanish
Why earn more degrees, just learn a language for more earnings power and a richer life
In the States its very trendy to accumulate more degrees and initials behind your name. It is education inflation. Our fathers need a colleage degree now we need a masters and really some extra designations beyond that. Although it looks […]
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September 24, 2007at 11:57 am
· Filed under General language learning, Learn Spanish, Music and language learning
Havana Blues for learning Spanish
Last night I went to ‘Havana Blues’ at the movies. I watched it in Spanish with Polish subtitles. The film was about two musicians in Havana. A large part of the movie was music and singing in Spanish. By the end of the movie I was able to learn a few […]
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September 18, 2007at 9:25 am
· Filed under Learn Spanish
Spanish in American films
Spanish characters
I was watching the film ‘Disturbia’ the other day, a pretty good film, low budget thriller. Not only did the film start with a Spanish class scene but, they had noticeably Spanish actors as secondary characters. I am not living in the states right now but the media, films and programs […]
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September 7, 2007at 7:33 am
· Filed under English Language, General language learning, Learn Polish, Learn Spanish, Technology and language learning
Film titles in foreign language movies
Living in another country has made me aware a small annoyance. I noticed when I go to rent a DVD at the local video store, I often give people the English Title translated into Polish for example (I live in Krakow). The movie in English will be something like “What […]
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August 15, 2007at 4:48 am
· Filed under English Language, General language learning, Internet language learning, Languages and the world, Learn Chinese, Learn Spanish
English has invaded other national languages.
Trends in business and demographics is like global warming, often there is little that can be done to reverse these trends. So is the case with the English language. “English has already invaded the languages of Moliere, Cervantes and Goethe, dominating the fields of technology and business and […]
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