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In a few weeks is Christmas and all over the world, it is celebrated. There are Christmas markets (some of them start also this week) with many lights, delicacies like gingerbread or hot mulled wine and little things to buy for yourself or your friends. The time before Christmas is magical and even though it …
The Italian language certificate CELI (which means Certificato di Conoscenza della Lingua Italiana) is offered by the Università per Stranieri di Perugia and is first introduced in 1987. Next to the other language certificate CILS (which is organised by the university of Siena) it is accepted as an official qualification all over the world. The certificate …
Would you like to learn a new language, but you don’t have the right motivation for it? No problem! With these quotes you will be motivated, open-minded and still full of energy to start learning a foreign language. Motivational quotes Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. – Carol …
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Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. In addition, the city is a centre of education which contains particularly the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, sciences and engineering. The Scottish capital is also the second most popular tourist …
As a Spanish learner it is also important to learn the numbers. You need them in a restaurant or in a shop (prices), but also when you talk about yourself (birthday, age, etc). So the best thing is to start with the first 100. Spanish numbers from 0 to 100 0 – 10 zero – …
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Many language learners have problems with the gender of nouns. But it will be more difficult when the gender doesn’t correspond to the gender in your own language (of course, only if your language has genders). There could be words like “life” which is feminine in French (”la vie”), but neutral in German (”das Leben”). …
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São Paulo is a city with more than 13 million inhabitants in the Southeast of Brazil. In addition, it is the capital of the state of São Paulo which is one of the most populous states in Brazil. The city is also known for the Municipial Theatre of São Paulo, for different museums like the …
Russian is an East Slavic langauge which has official status in Russia, Kazakhastan, Kyrgyzsta and Belarus. In addition it is also spoken in the Baltic States, the Caucasus and in Central Asia. The Russian language is the largest native language in Europe and the eight most spoken language in the world (by number of native …
Today is the European Day of Languages and it is celebrated to show everybody that language skills are a necessity and a right for everyone. But what is the EDL exactly? The European Day of Languages was first organised in 2001. Because of the success of the Year of Languages the Council of Europe declared …
If you want to learn Portuguese, you have – first of all – decide which Portuguese you’d like to speak. There is on the one hand the European Portuguese and on the other hand the Brazilian Portuguese. Both of them are wonderful languages, but they have also some distinctions. But that doesn’t matter … You …
