Language Articles

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Thursday, 21st August 2008 @ 6:46 AM

There are twenty-five irregular verbs in the Spanish language. Like the regular verbs, these Spanish irregular verbs fall into three categories ?ar, er and ir verbs. However there are no hard and fast rules as to how the irregular verbs end. They do relate to events that are happening in the present. You have to memorize the conjugation of each verb individually in order to be able to conjugate them correctly when you speak or write in Spanish. Once you do start memorizing them, though, you will... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Thursday, 21st August 2008 @ 6:41 AM

Spanish prepositions serve the same purpose in constructing sentences as do English prepositions. This makes them easy to understand, but using them correctly in a sentence can be one of the most challenging aspects of learning to speak Spanish. For example, the preposition?has several different meanings. It can mean ? or bout? Just as in English, in the Spanish language, a preposition is used to begin a phrase, which is then used as either an adjective or an adverb. It has to be followed by an ... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Amy Nutt @ Tuesday, 19th August 2008 @ 7:57 AM

When you take a look around the world, there are a number of places that still do not speak English. This is likely to continue for some time as well over half of the world's population lives within areas that do not have heavy English-speaking populations. For that reason, it can sometimes be difficult to learn how to speak fluent English simply because there is no one around you that speaks the language. Textbooks and seminars can only take you so far in your knowledge of English, but at ... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Anna Stenning @ Tuesday, 19th August 2008 @ 1:01 AM

Becoming a translator is both a demanding and can often be a lucrative job if approached in the right way. This is one of the many jobs that attract the attention of high paying retail companies and manufacturers looking for simple translations of various products such as instruction manuals, leaflets, booklets etc. Often translators would need to travel with the business partners for effective negotiating, meetings, guidance or even translate presentations. A translation company can com... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Shaun Parker @ Monday, 18th August 2008 @ 9:36 PM

As Thomas Cranmer huddled secretively under flickering candlelight, his life under threat with every creak and passing voice in the street, I wonder if he ever thought, where are translation services when you need them? In all seriousness, Cranmer translating the bible into English was an action that secured both the future legacy of the Church of England and his martyrdom. This is a testament to the importance that translation services play in our history and continued global evolution. ... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Amy Nutt @ Sunday, 17th August 2008 @ 2:40 PM

Quite possibly the most fun and effective way to learn a new language is to completely immerse yourself in the native culture of the language that you are trying to learn. This way you would have first hand experience with the people who regularly speak the language and get to see and feel all of the little nuances that are important to truly becoming fluent in a second language. Constant exposure to a language spoken by natives as you are trying to learn can really help with the learning proce... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Thursday, 14th August 2008 @ 7:26 PM

Contractions are words in the English language that combine two words in one and replace the missing letters with a punctuation mark called an apostrophe. This is one of the lessons you will learn when you take a free English online course. The instruction is provided in simple terms through dialogues that have at least one contraction in each one. For example, let is a very common contraction in the English language that is composed of two words ?let and us. The ?is omitted and replaced ... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Wednesday, 13th August 2008 @ 7:18 PM

With the many sites offering free learning English online courses, you can save yourself the cost of tuition and you don have to move away from home to live in an English-speaking country. The best way to learn English is to immerse yourself in the culture and spend time talking to other people in the language. With the online courses, there is a chat line with whom you can communicate with others just like yourself and with whom you can speak English. Using a chat line also gives you the opport... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Wednesday, 13th August 2008 @ 7:15 PM

The advantages of taking free English courses online are many. You can use these courses to complement the instruction you receive or start learning English on your own time. This is a great chance for many people to receive instruction in English when they are unable to leave their home country to live and study in an English-speaking one. When you take an online course, you don have to pay any tuition costs or make changes to your work schedule so that you can attend actual classes. As long as... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Wednesday, 13th August 2008 @ 7:10 PM

When you take an English course on line, you have to start at the beginning just as you would with any English course that will teach you to read, write and speak the language. When searching for a free online course, you have to make sure the course contains the four main components of learning English ?listening, speaking, reading and writing. Therefore you need to make sure the course has an audio component in which the passages are read by native English speakers. Since the course is free,... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Wednesday, 13th August 2008 @ 7:09 PM

If you already have some knowledge of speaking, reading and writing English, a free online course offers you a wonderful way of improving English at no cost to you. You can browse through the pages of the site to select areas in which you want to improve, such as in the many lessons offered in the structures of English grammar. These lessons are categorized from beginning levels to advanced, which means you can start anywhere and take the lessons in any order that suits your needs. If yo... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Wednesday, 13th August 2008 @ 7:05 PM

If you can't afford the tuition for an English course at a college or you can't really move to an English speaking country, why not take a free online course. English courses are available online free of charge and you get all the necessary instruction you need to speak and write in proper English. The audio course is free and consists of passages that start off really simple and gradually progress to more challenging pieces, all of which are read by native English speakers. Li... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Wednesday, 13th August 2008 @ 7:02 PM

It won cost you a penny to take an online English course and will provide you with many benefits. You can stay at home while you learn and you won have to give up your job to attend classes or have to rearrange your work schedule. Best of all you won have to leave your family behind when you move to an English-speaking country to study. However, there is still a commitment involved. The fact that you can do the studying at any time of the day or night as long as you have a computer and Internet ... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Tuesday, 12th August 2008 @ 5:25 PM

When you want to learn how to talk English, it is important that you do so by listening and speaking to those for whom English is the native tongue. The best way to become a fluent English speaker is to immerse yourself in the language. This means living in a community where the people speak English. For example, if you go shopping all the sales staff speak English and in order for you to communicate with them you do need to be able to say some words. Many non-English speakers who want to learn ... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Warren Wong @ Tuesday, 12th August 2008 @ 5:21 PM

Since English is the language spoken in the majority of countries in the world and is the language of business in the Western world, it is important for anyone wanting to do business or immigrate to English speaking countries to learn to speak and write the language. According to statistics, almost 100,000 non-English speaking people travel to the schools and universities of the US alone each year to take English courses. With the advanced technology of the Internet, it is now possible to stay a... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Mike Shaw @ Thursday, 7th August 2008 @ 8:50 PM

There are a few German software courses claiming that they can teach you how to speak German in less than three months. Is this possible. Three months seems a short amount of time to learn a brand new language but most of these software courses are making the same claims. Is there any truth to this or is it just hype. How to learn German in three months? It's probably true that most language learning software courses will be sold to adults for adults because children learn lan... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Mike Shaw @ Thursday, 7th August 2008 @ 1:06 AM

The fastest way to learn how to speak French is by listening to people speaking French. You can go to a French speaking country to learn, which is the expensive option, or you can use a language course with audio files, the cheaper option. You need to be motivated to speak French To start learning how to speak French you must have a reason. People don't normally pluck a language out of the air and say, " I'll learn this one". The reason, what ever it may be, is a ... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Bart Icles @ Wednesday, 6th August 2008 @ 5:03 PM

When you think of learning a new language usually there are two lines of thought. The first is what it would be like to spout off in another language. Impressing your friends , family and anyone listening. You daydream of all the places you could visit with ease and how knowing the language will let you explore the country so much more. The second line of thought is the hours and hours you think you will have to spend studying. The struggle it is going to be and how you aren't sure if it is... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Cheow Yu Yuan @ Saturday, 2nd August 2008 @ 11:56 PM

If you intend to conduct business internationally, you will definitely need a translation service some point in the near future. In this article, let me share with you 5 steps to effective translation for business. 1. Look for the right translation agency. Once you have decided to go internationally, it is advisable for you to conduct some research and look for the best translation agency to assist you. This agency should be able to start the translation of your product and oversee it to ... more...

Culture and Society » Language | By Cheow Yu Yuan @ Saturday, 2nd August 2008 @ 11:11 PM

It is getting more common that people travel across different countries to conduct businesses. Nowadays, business is done internationally which makes translation services in demand. Due to the strong demand, many translation agencies are engaged to translate business documents, website, software, etc. As there are so many translation agencies around, where do you start to look for a translation service and how can you know if they will do a good job for you? In this article, I will share... more...