Categories
- Arts & Entertainment
- Business
- Communications
- Computers
- Culture & Society
- Disease & Illness
- Fashion
- Finance
- Food & Beverage
- Health & Fitness
- Hobbies
- Home & Family
- Home Based Business
- Internet Business
- Legal
- Pets & Animals
- Politics
- Product Reviews
- Recreation & Sports
- Reference & Education
- Religion
- Self Improvement
- Shopping
- Travel & Leisure
- Vehicles
- Writing & Speaking
Information
Translation Companies: Evaluating Your Choices
Translation is becoming a more and more important service in this day in age. There are hundreds if not thousands of companies in the world that have come onto the scene to provide translation services to address these growing market demands.For the average user, they will probably look for free translation services and software on the internet for every day translations, mostly looking up a word and translating it into another language.Read more…Shortage of Spanish Speaking Hospital Workers and Doctors Causing Conflicts
Most people when they discuss the problems with speaking more than one language in the United States of America they talk about how unfair it is because when Americans travel abroad they have to learn to speak the language of the country they are in. Most countries even Mexico require that you speak the language to be a citizen.In the United States of America, which cannot be denied is the greatest human civilization ever created in the history of mankind we are not paying attention to the need to speak a single language.Read more…Study Foreign Language Abroad - A Scam?
What if, after repeated failures in trying to learn a foreign language, you read the following in a magazine:"Come and study in the land where the language is spoken. You cannot possibly learn a foreign language unless you come and enroll in a beginning, intermediate, or advanced course in the country where the target language is spoken."You ask around and everyone confirms that this is your only recourse.Read more…What is Ergativity?
‘Ergativity’ is an umbrella term used in modern typological linguistics to cover a variety of grammatical phenomena. Basically, ergativity is a grammatical pattern in which nouns are inflected or marked for case. Fabricius observed this phenomenon (which he named as nominativus transitivus) in Greenlandic Eskimo in 1801, but in fact Adolf Dirr used the term ‘ergative’ (based upon the Greek word "ergon", plural "erga", ‘work, task’) for the first time in 1912.Read more…Mini Spanish Course - Lesson 2 of 20
Spanish Weeks and MonthsToday, we will go over some basic Spanish Vocabulary. When you are learning the Spanish language, you must practice aloud and memorize not only the pronunciation, but also what the words mean.There are many Spanish courses available today to speed up you learning.Read more…Mini Spanish Course - Lesson 1 of 20
Spanish VowelsKnowing how to pronounce Spanish vowels will take you very far in Spanish. You will be able to pronounce words correctly and quickly. When you are learning Spanish, the vowel sounds are the first place to start.Read more…Raising Bilingual Children: What Are The Drawbacks?
I speak Swedish and my husband’s native language is English. When we had our two children, we had no doubt that we wanted to raise them with equal access to both languages. Now, years later, when I’ve made promoting multilingual child-raising not just my avocation, but my vocation as well, people ask me for the straight story, warts and all.Read more…My Favourite EFL Classroom Warmers
I always find the first ten minutes of a lesson the most difficult - it’s vital to capture students’ interest and involve them from the start. An effective warmer could make the difference between an alert and participating class, and a group of zombies who decide to catch up on the sleep they missed out on from partying the night before... (This comes from my experience of teaching teenagers on the holiday island of Malta!Read more…Fun EFL Class Projects
Class projects are a great way to put into practice skills that have been learnt during an English course. The following projects that I’ll be sharing with you have worked really well with teenagers who were on short term courses of a few weeks. It’s a fun break from structured lessons and also gives the teacher a break for two days!Read more…Be With You In a ".gif" - A Guide To Pronunciation Limbo
For years I have been in an ongoing tussle with friends over the pronunciation of the format .gif. I thought naturally enough that it should be pronounced with a hard g since it stood for graphical interchange format.Read more…Relatively Sane or Absolutely Bonkers? A Matter of Some Antics
A very intelligent friend of mine who has a mental illness remarked to me that ‘sane’ was the absence of symptoms of insanity. I protested that you can’t define a term that way. I looked it up, and, of course, she was right, or at least that was one of the definitions.Read more…Foreign Language Translation: Tips While Traveling
When traveling to a foreign country, it can be very difficult making yourself understood or even understanding others without some foreign language translation help.It is a terrible feeling when you need to find a washroom but have no idea how to ask where one is or how to find one. Luckily, there are several ways to make them understand you.Read more…Learn German The Easy Way - Nine Simple Phrases You Can Use Today!
I studied German for four years in high school and still remember some simple phrases and regularly use them with my friends for fun. If you want to learn German, here are some basic phrases to start off with.guten tag (pronounced gooten targ) – hello or good morningauf wiedersehen (pronounced owf veedersane) – goodbyedanke schon (pronounced dunka sheern) – thank you very muchdanke (pronounced dunka) – thanksbitte (pronounced bit-te) – pleaseentshuldigen (pronounced entshooldigen) – excuse mehaben Sie cocoa?Read more…Online Resources you can Recommend to your EFL Students
As an EFL teacher, students always ask me during or at the end of their course, “What can I do to improve my English and keep up what I have learnt once I go home?” I tend to avoid reeling off a long list of recommended books or exercise workbooks and prefer to encourage students into taking a more interactive route. We all know about the great value of the internet as a teaching and learning resource, however, I do not believe that its use is optimised.Read more…Several Drawbacks of Chinese Writing System
As faster and faster development of china’s economy, more and more foreigners are going to learn Chinese language; this makes Chinese people proud, even to the extent that some people are considering whether they should learn English. It seems a good phenomenon, but you will see below that this phenomenon is generated by economic development; the language still has great drawbacks which make its further expansion impossible.Because written language determines spoken language, as stated in my previous article ‘Written Language versus Spoken Language’, Chinese language’s drawbacks lie exactly on its writing system, the Chinese writing.Read more…Canadian Language and Use of; Ehy
Many people have met Canadians and noticed that they often say EHY at the end of their sentences ehy? Some might see this as similar to the; you all, often used by Southerners living in the United States. Many French Canadians especially more educated folks see the use of; ehy, as improper even in casual conversations.Read more…Spanish Language: World's 2nd Fastest Growing Language - Are You Studyng It?
Between 1980-2040 the world?s Spanish-speaking population will increase a 103 %, as UNO estimations indicate. 538 million people will have Spanish as first language.Read more…English Language Teachers: Throw Away the Course Book and Adapt Authentic Materials
Use Authentic Materials?If asked why they rely heavily on course books for English language teaching, among a variety of other reasons, one that emerges is the seeming unsuitability of available authentic materials. Principal reasons cited for this “unsuitability” can include:• Unsuitable material level• Too difficult• Too long or short• Use of grammar or language• Irrelevancy of themes• Not adapted for specific use• Not adapted to student learning stylesWhile these factors are certainly present and accountable, they need not prohibit the use of authentic materials in the English language learning classroom.Read more…English Language Teaching and Learning: Are You a Good Language Learner?
Ask Yourself FirstWhile there are many aspects which come into play during the teaching of an English language class, there are some which directly impact the value and success of any lesson both on the part of the English teacher and the language learner. In order to effectively promote those qualities which form an effective language learner, TEFL teachers first need to understand what those qualities are. To do this, language teachers should ask themselves, “Am I a good language learner?Read more…Top Tips for Teaching Business English
It’s a common misconception that teaching Business English is a lot more difficult that teaching general English. Granted it will take a bit more research depending on what business sector your students are from, but preparation is the key to seeming confident and knowledgeable in front of your students. The following tips should help you feel more prepared when you take on a Business English class for the first time.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Language category
- Russian- and Ukrainian-Speaking Communities and Education - By: Leslie Iburg
According to the United States 2000 Census, Russian was reported as the language spoken at home by 1.5% of the population, or about 4.2 million people, making Russian the 10th most spoken language in the United States. Deciding when and how to offer translation services for Russian or Ukrainian can be invaluable to communicating with immigrant K12 students and their families. - Tips about Teaching English Overseas - By: Michiel Van Kets
Private teaching is usually with the rich kids who may or may not show any respect for their teachers and there is often a big difference from what you expect and the reality of what it will be when you arrive. Whatever you decide make sure you keep funds in reserve for your ticket home just incase you really can't deal with the differences that are out there in the English teaching world. - TEFL Courses - Your Passport to Authentic Living Abroad - By: Michiel Van Kets
TEFL courses are your passport to a world of travel and cultural experiences that few get to sample. Teaching English overseas is the best way to really encounter local cultures and leave your mark on the world. - The Future of Online TEFL/ESL Supplementary Resources through Intelligent Handout Matching - By: Will Pearson
Intelligent handout matching, where an online database of TEFL/ESL handouts are matched for use with leading English course books, is where TEFL/ESL supplementation is heading in the future. This article highlights the case study of Handout Hub, which matches over one thousand grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation handouts to over fifty prominent course books. - Language Production Activities in the TEFL/ESL Classroom; Moving Beyond Gap Fills - By: Will Pearson
Through the hum drum of lesson planning, grammar presentations and classroom activities, we as TEFL/ESL teachers often forget to ask ourselves how do foreign language learners actually improve through the interactions, presentations and activities we do with them? What activities in course books and supplementary materials actually work, what don't and how can we even tell? This article proclaims the importance of language production activities as the 'common sense' of grammar and vocabulary English practice in the TEFL/ESL classroom. - Being Bilingual Has Many Benefits - By: Michiel Van Kets
Having an education that is bilingual can help your child immensely in years to come so if you are of a couple that share more than one language between you, don't stick to one. Mix it up and let your child figure it out. If you are considering your children and their future then getting them started in their learning of new languages at an early age is a great idea. - Teaching English in Singapore: Lucrative and Rewarding TEFL/ESL Jobs Await - By: Will Pearson
The tiny island of Singapore, for too long the poor cousin of Thailand and Vietnam on the TEFL/ESL circuit, is an up-and-coming teaching destination where it is possible to earn, eat and enjoy. The island has opportunities for English language professionals, within a myriad of schools, offering salaries on par with the TEFL boom destinations Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea. A tropical climate, amazing multi-ethnic food, colonial history, and enormous shopping malls beckon. - Fast Growing Professional Translation Services - By: Wallker Tuener
The demand for professional translation services has grown in the recent years not only for businesses but also for individuals. Globalization has clearly implied that both large and small business units are trying to reach the worldwide market and are thus expanding through their websites and legal contracts. - Learn to Speak Italian - The Fundamentals of Learning to Speak Italian - By: Diego Andolini
Are you interested in how to speak Italian? This article teaches you the fundamentals of learning Italian and helps you choose the right Italian learning course. - German Lessons - A Beginner's Guide to Taking German Lessons Online - By: Alex Aldridge
Are you interested in German Lessons? Before you jump into the first German learning course you find online, take a few minutes to learn more about your option in how to learn German and consider the best German lessons course for your money.