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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 …
There aren’t many learners of the Thai language, but if you are one of these few persons, we have good news: The Chulalongkorn University Proficiency Test of Thai as a Foreign Language (= CU-TFL)! What is the CU-TFL exactly? The text is designed by the Sirindhorn Thai Language Institute to evaluate the language proficiency in …
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If you learn a foreign language, you will find a lot of false friends. In the Cambridge Dictionary you could read this definition for a false friend: “a word that is often confused with a word in another language with a different meaning because the two words look or sound similar” So as you can …
Germany – or the Federal Republic of Germany – is in central-western Europe and includes 16 constituent states. Because of its geographic location and culture, Germany is a famous destination for language learners. In different language schools, you have the possibilty to learn German, but also other foreign languages and to get in touch with …
Every month we present different cities with language schools. We already wrote two summaries about that, which you could read here: summary #1 and summary #2. But there are a lot more cities all over the world where you can go to attend a language course and to improve your language skills. Language schools in …
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Liverpool is the fifth-largest city in the United Kingdom and has more than 2 million inhabitants. The city is in the North West England and is known for The Beatles and the two football clubs Liverpool and Eyerton. In 2004 several areas of the city centre were granted World Heritage Site status by UNESO. In …
Bologna is the capital of the region Emilia-Romagna. The city was also declared European capital of culture in 2000 and a UNESCO “City of music” in 2006. Because of many large mechanical, electronic and food companies the city is very important and is regarded as a city with the best quality of life in the …
Have you ever thought about studying abroad? Attending a language school in another country could be a great experience for every language learner. Sometimes it is hard to do the first step: Another country is new. You will meet new people, learn in a new environment and you will get in touch with new language …
The largest city in South Africa is Johannesburg. It’s the provincial capital and the seat of the Constitutional Court. The city is located in the Witwatersrand range of hills and known for its museums, theatres, galleries and libraries. While studying a foreign language you could visit different museums, like the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Adler …
Portuguese is not only spoken in Europe, but also in Brazil, in South America, and has more than 200 million speakers. The first minutes of a conversation are always difficult – and it doesn’t matter which language it is. But you could learn a few words and sentences to begin talks without fear. The easiest …
