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Which Language is Easiest for an English Speaker to Learn?

Unfortunately in Australia and New Zealand it appears that fewer and fewer students are studying foreign languages at school or tertiary level (college). Australian's appear more bemused than proud that...

24 comments    how to education travel
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Eight Major Languages in the Philippines

The Philippines’ national language is called Filipino. However, there are over a hundred languages all around the country plus a lot more in terms of dialects (language variations). This hub features some...

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Why Learn an obscure Language?

As a Norwegian language teacher for a community program, I often hear "You teach WHAT language?" "Why would someone want to learn THAT?" Many people think that the only languages anyone wants to learn are...

5 comments    education hubchallenge language
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How to Cope with Bored Kids On Vacation

Having just returned yesterday from our annual vacation I learned the hard way of how to cope when your kids are having a boring holiday, our trip to Lloret De Mar proved to be a bit of a damp squid for the...

6 comments    advice family home
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CHINA HAS 8 WONDERS IN THE WORLD

China Olympics had its finale on Sunday, August 24, 2008, but the memories are still vivid with the countries' representatives, officials, and athletes who brought fame by winning medals of gold, silver and...

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When did Language begin ?

It is believed that language developed either as imitation of animal sounds or as a way to accompany the body's gestures and movements, between the times of the Neanderthal Man (1,00,000 BC) and...

1 comment    language south africa sounds
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How to learn a foreign language easily?

As far as the learning of a new language is concerned, people would feel difficulties despite of having interest to learn. When we were kids, we did not have complexities to learn a new language i.e., our...

3 comments    language foreign language
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Learn a Foreign Language Quickly and Easily

Bonjour! Hola! Aloha! Shalom! With the importance of second language acquisition becoming more necessary, we sometimes find our selves struggling with how to not only learn but comprehend another language....

9 comments    language hebrew foreign language
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How to Write a Speech that Keeps Attendees on the Edge of their Seats

Speeches need to have clarity, power and purpose, a ring of personality, and excellent delivery.  Understand Verbal Communication. Language that is spoken is quite different from language that is...

0 comments    style interest research
My little brother...His handwriting looks like "chicken-scratch" so he uses a type writer for resumes, college applications and any professional documents.59

The importance of continued maintenance of diversity in languages for the survival of the human race.

I considered appending this essay to my other hub on languages, but thought it deserved a hub all to itself. People might not go back and read the other one due to where it is catalogued. I think the newer...

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