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How to Learn Spanish - Guides and Advice

Spanish is the second most popular and spoken language after English in Europe, and the fourth most commonly spoken language in the world (English, Chinese, Hindustani, Spanish). Spanish is a popular choice...

12 comments    spanish learn spanish
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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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Learning A New Language - Why It Can Be So Difficult When You're Older

Gaining a solid understanding and fluent use of a language other than the one or two we have grown up using can be more difficult than when we are young children. There are are two factors that can...

0 comments    education language new language
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PIFFLE

A GLIMPSE They say: “Learning a new language becomes more difficult as you grow older” I say: “Piffle!” (trivial nonsense - Miriam Webster online dictionary ) (nonsense, trivial talk -...

2 comments    languages dictionary wik-tionary
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Follow The Leader

Living in a city of approximately 10,363,850 people (according to 2008 census), every day I come into contact with different walks of life, whether it be a smile on the street or a pissed off individual using...

0 comments    life inspiration learning
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Why Learn Spanish in 2009

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Spanish-speaking Americans over the last several decades. This trend shows no signs of abating. More and more Americans speak Spanish as their primary...

2 comments    self improvement learn spanish
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Curious Learning - My Completion of Outside-In course

Curious LearningI have always been quite a curious and inquisitive person when it comes to applying myself to a topic and by doing Outside In it refreshed my memory of what it feels like to achieve not just...

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Why Learn Internet Marketing?

If you were born wealthy and you were reasonably smart you should still be wealthy. However, if you are like most of the 98 percent you were not. The point is very few people are born wealthy and are able to...

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Why Learn Mandarin Chinese

My original reason for learning Mandarin Chinese was to find a job! Over the years I have been constantly asked why I studied Mandarin Chinese. When I was in university in the mid-1990s there was something...

2 comments    learn chinese mandarin
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Learn a Second Language

Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama created waves of furry as well as applause when he announced that all children in American should learn to speak Spanish. Now, supporters of republican...

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