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Intercultural Communicative Competence

Intercultural Communicative Competence

It is possible to study a language for years, have a vocabulary of several thousand words, and yet still flounder on your first interaction with a native speaker of that...

Intercultural Communicative Competence

It is possible to study a language for years, have a vocabulary of several thousand words, and yet still flounder on your first interaction with a native speaker of that...

Online German Course Expanded

Online German Course Expanded

We recently added more than 60 new video lessons to our online German course to cover more topics and make certain challenging aspects of the grammar clearer. I'm very pleased...

Online German Course Expanded

We recently added more than 60 new video lessons to our online German course to cover more topics and make certain challenging aspects of the grammar clearer. I'm very pleased...

The Disconnect Between Subtitling and Dubbing

The Disconnect Between Subtitling and Dubbing

Subtitling videos is far more complicated than it seems like it should be. Anyone who has ever subtitled a video knows how time-consuming and challenging it can be. Subtitling our...

The Disconnect Between Subtitling and Dubbing

Subtitling videos is far more complicated than it seems like it should be. Anyone who has ever subtitled a video knows how time-consuming and challenging it can be. Subtitling our...

Unknowns Kill Motivation

Unknowns Kill Motivation

Most of the time, I would rather climb a mountain whose peak I can see than a hill whose summit is shrouded in fog.When you know what you're getting into,...

Unknowns Kill Motivation

Most of the time, I would rather climb a mountain whose peak I can see than a hill whose summit is shrouded in fog.When you know what you're getting into,...

Why Blu Ray for Language Learners?

Why Blu Ray for Language Learners?

Growing up in the USA, I got used to DVDs (once DVDs existed…) having alternate audio tracks for French and Spanish. Most popular films come with the option of dubbed...

Why Blu Ray for Language Learners?

Growing up in the USA, I got used to DVDs (once DVDs existed…) having alternate audio tracks for French and Spanish. Most popular films come with the option of dubbed...

Don't Write That Down!

Don't Write That Down!

We live in a very textual world. We have become accustomed to producing and consuming huge amounts of text. Writing things down can be great: we can communicate with people...

Don't Write That Down!

We live in a very textual world. We have become accustomed to producing and consuming huge amounts of text. Writing things down can be great: we can communicate with people...