Recent Posts Tagged With 'language'

• Become an Online Foreign Language Instructor?

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 15:07 in technology, language, foreign language, language learning, business & economy

  For a number of years I taught EFL in Poland, and then ESL in the United States.  I found foreign language instruction to be both tremendously rewarding and intellectually stimulating.  Recently I stumbled across LanguageTalk24.com, which matches l...

• Why is Zero Plural?

  Posted on Saturday September 19th, 2009 at 07:57 in english, Observations, language

  “I have two dogs.”  “I have one dog.”  However, “I have zero dogs.”  Huh? Let’s examine the simple grammatical structure of our example riddle, “I have two/one/zero dog/s”.   “I” is the subject; “have” is the verb; and ...

• Eastern State Penitentiary

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 11:04 in travel, Culture, Photography, history, language, famous people, foto-tales, foto-tale

  In the heart of Philadelphia’s Art Museum Area sits an eerie, fortress-like structure in ruins.  Eastern State Penitentiary was commissioned by the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, the first prison reform group ...

• Edward Stachura – the Polish Poet

  Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2009 at 09:28 in Culture, music, poetry, arts, language, poland, warsaw

  Rebel, vagabond, and one of the most well-known and sensitive Polish poets died tragically 30 years ago.  Poetry festivals throughout Poland this year are dedicated to him.  Edward Stachura, known as “Sted”, was an idol to rebellious youth in t...

• “The Battle Continues”: Episode 1230 of Lindenstrasse

  Posted on Sunday July 26th, 2009 at 10:38 in Culture, television, Germany, language

  This is the fifth of five episodes I’ll be posting from the German prime time soap opera, Lindenstrasse.  If you would like a weekly Lindenstrasse posting to continue, please leave a comment or send a message. To view this episode, go to the Lind...

• “The Battle-Axe“: Episode 1229 of Lindenstrasse

  Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 18:54 in Culture, television, Germany, language

  This is the fourth of five episodes I’ll be posting from the German prime time soap opera, Lindenstrasse.  Please note the video link will be removed from the Lindenstrasse website on Monday, July 27, 2009.  To view this episode, go to the Lind...

• “Long Kept Secrets”: Episode 1228 of Lindenstrasse

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 11:31 in Culture, television, Germany, language

  This is the third of five episodes I’ll be posting from the German prime time soap opera, Lindenstrasse.  Please note the video link will be removed from the Lindenstrasse website on Monday, July 20, 2009.  To view this episode, go to the L...

• “You Win Some, You Lose Some”: Episode 1227 of Lindenstrasse

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 09:37 in Culture, television, Germany, language, neighbors

  This is the second of five episodes I’ll be posting from the German prime time soap opera, Lindenstrasse.  Please note the video link will be removed from the Lindenstrasse website on Monday, July 13, 2009.  To view this episode, go to the ...

• “Betrayed”: Episode 1226 of Lindenstrasse

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 09:57 in Culture, television, Germany, language

  In an earlier post, Lindenstrasse: The Superlative German Soap Opera, I introduced the idea of “giving audiences unfamiliar with Lindenstrasse an opportunity to be exposed to the series”.  During the next several weeks I will be posting video li...

• Lindenstrasse: The Superlative German Soap Opera

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 12:51 in Culture, television, Current Events, Germany, language, social issues, neighbors, lindenstrasse

  When I was twelve, our family embarked on its first European vacation.  Everywhere we went we heard variations on a theme of superlatives, each creatively molded to secure a given landmark’s place in history – ”the oldest in Europe”, “...

• Diacritically Hooked – from Polish to Navajo

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 14:51 in Culture, language, poland

  French immediate pops into my head when I think of nasal-sounding languages. French acquires its romantic timbre from what linguists refer to as phonetic nasal vowels. These are found in several other less romantic yet widely-spoken languages includi...