I`m an EFL instructor at the university level in Japan, which involves marking a lot of essays. A surprising percentage of the essays submitted by first year students are near-total gibberish. I write “Google Translate?” on the essays and hand them back with no score. Continue reading
The 10 Most Common Immigrant Languages in Canada
With Aboriginals making up only 4.3% of its population, Canada is very much an immigrant nation. And like most immigrant nations, it is a country that is constantly changing depending on immigration trends. When I was a kid in Richmond, BC Continue reading
“Are Canadians Bilingual?” The Strange Reality of Canadian Bilingualism.
As you may know, Canada has two official languages, English and French, which has had a big impact on Canada’s civic culture. For example:
• When you reach immigration at the airport, Continue reading
Restarting a Language After Taking Time Off? Impossible!
So after studying long and hard to make progress in your favorite foreign language, you dropped the ball and stopped studying for a few weeks, months, or years? GIVE UP NOW, THERE IS NO HOPE OF RECOVERY! You will be forever linguistically neutered. Continue reading
Is Language Dabbling a Waste of Time?
Sa oled ilus! That`s the one phrase I know in the Estonian language, meaning “You`re beautiful”. From what I`ve been told, that phrase is highly relevant and useful for men visiting the Baltic nation. 🙂 But I literally don`t know another single word of Estonian. Like most language enthusiasts I spend some of my Continue reading
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