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The Russian language is an East Slavic language and belongs to the Indo-European languages. It is spoken for example in Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and is official language in eleven states. In addition the Russian alphabet is called Cyrillic. Greetings in Russian дравствуйте! – Hello! (formal, at any time) Привет. – Hi. (informal) Добро …
As an English speaker you could find false friends in other languages. A few weeks ago we wrote an article about false friends in Italian which you can read here. But also in French you will find a lot of false friends which could be a little bit confusing for language learners. If you want …
Clustering is a learning technique which was developped by Gabriele Rico and which has a lot of similarities to MindMapping. Also in different language schools you will get in touch with learning techniques while learning a foreign language – be open and try them. What is Clustering? Clustering is a learning technique for persons who …
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu. It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and of the Japanese government. In addition the city has the most Michelin stars of any city in the world, so you will get in touch also with the …
Italian is one of the most romantic languages, but as an speaker of the English language you have to be careful. There are a lot of false friends which could be confusing in your daily life. But don’t be frightened. Attend a language school, start (or continue) learning Italian and get in touch with …
There is always the first moment. The first moment with a new language, the first moment in a new country or the first moment with a new person. But especially with new acquaintances, you will need words to break the ice. You could also attend a language school to learn the most important words and …
Animals have their own sound and these sounds aren’t the same all over the world. There are differences between the sound of cow in – for example – German and Korean. But there aren’t only differences, in some languages the animals sound similar. The sound of animals – in different languages Bee Arabic: Zzzu zzzu …
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In a few days is the 24th of December, so it is the right time for some quotes, isn’t it? In addition you could learn new words, get new ideas and know what other persons think about Christmas. Quotes for Christmas “Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we …
Would you like to test your language skills in English? Yes? Great! Then we have good news for you! Recently, you have the possibility to test your English language skills on Coursefinders.com! → Here you can try it: Test your English! The language test is powered by Cambridge Assessment English and consists of 25 multiple …
The European Day of Languages was only a few days ago (you can read the article here), but that doesn’t mean that languages aren’t important today. We need languages to speak and to understand each other. Because of that there are also a lot of quotes about languages which could be very inspiring and good …
