Language Career Fair with CCPD (5/3/2023) The “Language Career Fair” brings students from various majors to inquire about the pertinence of languages in the job market. The guest participants represent fields as diverse as health, business, interpreting, law, education, finance, software development and export. The participants …
How to say “I love you” in different languages and cultures How to say “I love you” in different languages and cultures. A direct translation from “I love you” does not always work. Different cultures have different ways to express affection. “I LOVE YOU” (English) أحبك (Arabic) আমি তোমাকে ভালবাসি (Bengali) …
The most popular languages in the United States Duolingo discusses the most popular second languages in the United States now. You probably can make a good guess about the most popular second language (Spanish), but you would never guess what the second most popular language is now. The …
“I will never not tell nobody nothing about it” in Russian “I will never not tell nobody nothing about it” — that is a word-by-word translation of what Russians would say, meaning “I will never tell anybody anything about it.” See this Mango blog entry for an interesting introduction to how …
A study finds rationality declined in the past few decades while reasoning increased An interesting corpus-based study by Wageningen University and Indiana University, showing that rationality declined in the past few decades while reasoning increased. Quote: ‘the researchers found that words associated with reasoning, such as “determine” and “conclusion,” rose systematically beginning in …
What is the most difficult language to learn (to English speakers)? This blog entry (https://blog.mangolanguages.com/are-some-languages-harder-to-learn) by Mango (an online language learning app) discussed different difficulty levels of new languages for English speakers. The article makes a reference to the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) language table, which is one of …
Language and Culture Mentorship Program: Queens Museum Simon, a current LaGuardia student majoring in Japanese, and Oscar, a LaGuardia alumnus and current graduate student at the MLIS of Queens College, met for the Language and Culture Mentorship Program in December 2021. Simon, a current LaGuardia student majoring …
Differences between Latin American Spanish and Peninsular (European) Spanish This Pimsleur blog (https://blog.pimsleur.com/2021/07/20/differences-latin-american-and-spain_spanish/) discusses major differences between Latin American Spanish (e.g., Mexican Spanish) and Peninsular (European) Spanish, including differences in pronunciation (phonetics), the use of “vosotros,” the use of “vos,” and the lexicon (vocabulary). The blog summarizes …
How to say “Happy New Year” in different languages New Year is a major holiday in some culture. Here is a list of different ways to celebrate this holiday in different languages. See this Duolingo blog entry for more information about the new year toast in different languages and …
Rosetta Stone’s Dynamic Immersion Mandarin lesson Rosetta Stone presents a snapshot of their Dynamic Immersion lesson in Mandarin Chinese, which consists of practice in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation skills. This blog entry presents short introduction to the basic elements of their basic-level lesson, focusing on the …