Learn a New Language
Learn English in Japan
Friday, January 8th, 2010As usual people prefer to learn a language from a native speaker…
I do have to say that I prefer learning a language from a bi-lingual or more lingual teacher. Why?
Because native speakers most of the time don’t have a feel for the difficulties of their language, nor as for the cultural differences revealed in [...]
Learn French or Spanish
Thursday, December 17th, 2009If you ask yourself: should I learn French or Spanish as an extra language, then consider first the overall studying time you have available.
If your time is limited and you want to make fast progress, then study Spanish. Why?
because you will master the only few Spanish sounds much faster than the French sounds
because [...]
Learn languages with movies and cartoons
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009A fun way if you love cartoons is buying a French cartoon (if you study French that is) and try to understand it.
One very popular cartoon is Asterix and Obelix: talking about the French during the days of the roman invasion about 2000 years ago. With a lot of hints to modern days France. You [...]
Learn French to get a scholarship
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009Ok, in my previous Learn French to get a scholarship I stated how to secure a scholarship online by being resourceful and ambitious like my nephew.
Myself I have a different strategy: I looked for scholarships that are in little demand (that’s why I am not doing a Masters in Computers and Technology).
Languages are always [...]
Learn French to get a scholarship
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Well, there are 2 ways of getting a scholarship:
be the best so nobody competes with you
chose a scholarship nobody knows about
chose a scholarship with little applicants
My nephew got the second option: he kept on searching the Internet for an US scholarship. When he had to defend it personally and was granted the scholarship [...]
Memorize Japanese Words
Friday, November 6th, 2009I have been teaching French in a Japanese School and of course those Japanese teachers wanted to learn French from me, so lucky me exchanged some French words in order to learn some Japanese words.
Free Memorize Japanese Words e-book
The strength of these Japanese teachers is that they look for an English sentence that sounds quite [...]
Spanish words
Saturday, October 31st, 2009My new learn Spanish words website is in the making
Well, my first step is done: I got myself a domain-name, all I have to do now is adding Spanish lessons and in the true spirit of French Swear Words : adding some Spanish curse words
Anyway, I am open to all help [...]
Study German in Tübingen Germany
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Talking about cozy little towns: if you ever want to study German in Germany or Austria, then opt for Tübingen! Notice the cute 2 dots on the "u"
Tübingen is like Leuven, Belgium (where I study French) a little student town with a majority of students: about 24.000 of them, of which about 5% [...]
Learn Spanish at French Malaysia
Friday, September 25th, 2009Did I already tell you that yours truly has been admitted in a Spanish post graduate course?
Practically that means that I have already missed quite a lot of courses there due to having to work for the money, and it is on top of my French course.
In other words: it’s way too much but: [...]
The best way to learn German
Friday, September 11th, 2009
Guten Tag! Add to that our free, sexy blond German girl’s videos and you have found the best way to learn German.
French weather expressions
Sunday, July 5th, 2009If you study French, you will get quite amazed by the amount of French vocabulary related to the weather, not to mention there are "way too many" French weather expressions for comfort.
Unlike in a tropical climate where the weather is kind of dry or wet, in Europe the weather can go from hot to [...]
Indonesian dictionary
Monday, December 10th, 2007Sometimes you wonder when you look at tag clouds, what all these Indonesian words mean? What does it tell you about Indonesian culture? Do you really need to have an Indonesian dictionary?
Indonesian dictionary online
Well, you could use an online Indonesian dictionary like the one at citcat dot com.
Indonesian illustrated dictionary
Or you could get by [...]
Adjust your Bra for Fomento de la lectura
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007This would have been a good topic to put on my Spanish blog, but since I still need to set it up, let me tell you what is happening…
You do know that the Spanish are hot in the news with names like Noelia or every year with babes of the most beautiful girls from Latin [...]
Porque no te callas?
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Why don’t you just shut up?
These where the Spanish words King Juan Carlos of Spain responded to Chavez at the closing session at the summit in Santiago where the leaders of Spain, Portugal and Latin America are meeting.
Spanish curse words…
Spending 20 minutes a day studying this Rocket Spanish words course, you would be mastering [...]
What Mariana Seoane can teach you about learning Spanish
Friday, October 19th, 2007If you are wondering about taking up a new language, why not start with Spanish?
Especially for men, there is a great Spanish magazine called H (for Hombres) whit great interviews like the one about famous Mariana Seoane.
Mariana Seoane comes from Mexico, and as you can see, Mexico has a lot more to offer than [...]
Yo soy Betty la Fea
Friday, October 19th, 2007Yes, that’s Spanish for: I am ugly Betty…
Now I can do a lot of research on the Internet on what my new Spanish blog should be all about, but since my new Spanish blog is all for you:
you leave a comment telling me what my new Spanish blog should be about!
I loved Betty la Fea [...]
Learn Languages with International Pen Friends
Friday, October 12th, 2007A great way of improving your foreign language skills is writing to foreign friends in a foreign language
For me this is the ideal way to practice my French writing, as you know by know, writing the French words is all but straight forward.
Now how do you find international friends?
Well, I started my [...]
Students gone wild
Saturday, October 6th, 2007Wild for food that is! Now they say that Belgium is famous for its French fries. if that’s the case I wonder, then why do they call it French fries and not Belgian fries? I love to tease the Belgians with this question
But in stead of discussing, they pointed me out to the [...]
Get a tutor to study better!
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007World class online tutoring is available for achieving desired or excellent results in schools or college.
Access to tutoring is easy and you can either schedule a tutoring class or get instant online tutoring whenever you want 24/7. Each tutoring program is personalized after an initial assessment/test and your school/college curriculum. Expert assistance is on [...]
How to study Dutch in Belgium?
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Before you read this post, first read: Why study Dutch in summer in Belgium?
There are 2 ways of studying Dutch in Belgium:
The Intensive Summer Course Dutch
The one year Dutch course to enter the university
I strongly recommend the latter when you do have the time and the resources.
If you don’t have the money to study yet [...]
Why study Dutch in summer in Belgium
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Now this is how I prepared for my French course in Belgium: studying Dutch in a summer course
Why? Belgium is a bilingual country: the north speaks Dutch (or Flemish as they call it), the south speaks French. Now I am a student in need of money and I do speak French and have [...]
