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20 BONNES RAISONS...  POUR LESQUELLES ON A INTÉRÊT À APPRENDRE LE FRANÇAIS 1) C'est une  langue parlée par plus de 150 millions de personnes  dans le monde. 2)  52 États et gouvernements du monde  (c'est-à-dire  le quart  des pays membres des Nations Unies), sur tous les continents,  ont le français en partage  . 3) C'est pour cela que  le français est une langue très utilisée dans la diplomatie  . 4) C'est une  langue de grande importance sur les plans culturel, scientifique, artistique, littéraire... 5) C'est  l'une des deux langues de travail des Nations Unies  . 6) C'est  une langue cosmopolite, parlée par des gens de toutes le couleurs et de toutes les origines ethniques. 7) Dans l'Union européenne, c'est  une des langues principales, parlée en France, en Belgique et au Luxembourg  ( et c'est justement dans ces pays que pratiquement toutes les institutions européennes o...

Halloween – Noć veštica je proslava koja se odigrava 31. oktobra, noć pre dana Svih svetih. Za ovaj praznik su vezani   maskembal, strašne priče, horor filmovi ... Ovaj praznik je uglavnom popularizovan   u zapadnom delu sveta   – Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, Kanadi, Irskoj, Japanu, Velikoj Britaniji, Australiji i Novom Zelandu... Ko je izmislio Noć veštica? Noć veštica vodi poreklo iz starog keltskog festivala Saunj kojim je slavio kraj poljoprivrednih radova i posvećen je kraju keltske radne godine. Gali su verovali da ovaj praznik obeležava   dan kada se nebo i zemlja spajaju , a mrtvi se mešaju sa živima. Kelti su za ovaj praznik pravili lomaču u koju se bacali stoku kao   žrtvu mrtvima . Za ovaj festival se priređivao i maskenbal kako bi se živi pomešali i pomirili sa „zlim duhovima“. Šta znači Halloween? Ime je nastalo od naziva keltskog praznika All Hollow’s Eve, odnosno Veče svih svetih. Ovo je bio   paganski običaj   k...

U sveopštoj globalizaciji i neminovnom postepenom gubljenju specifičnosti i identiteta na raznim nivoima ista situacija dočekuje svetske jezike koji nisu engleski. Ipak ne treba gubiti iz vida da značajni svetski jezici koji imaju veliki broj govornika i bogato kulturno nasleđe ne gube bitku sa anglizacijom i odolevaju potpunim promenama na čemu rade lingvisti i profesori trudeći se da na taj način proces promena i tranzicija unutar samog jezika učine sporijim. Promene u jeziku su neminovne i to je nešto što svi treba da prihvatimo ali je i očuvanje jezičkog identiteta i integriteta od ogromnog značaja za sve nas kao pojedince i pripadnike određenih sredina, zajednica i nacija. Evo šta na tu temu kažu naše kolege iz Italije upravo upućujući na italijanski jezik za koji ovih dana potvrđuju da situacija nije toliko loša kako se misli. U vezi sa ovom temom često se setim jednog jednostavnog citata na italijanskom koji glasi: "Il mondo è bello perchè è diverso." - "Svet ...

For years it has been thought that teaching a foreign language to preschool-age children would be futile. However, recent studies indicate that the best time for a child to learn another language is in the first three to four years of life. Here are some important reasons for exposing children to early second language learning. Language Learning Is a Natural Process When Children Are Young Adults often try to learn languages in a contrived way. Most people, for example, can recite the verbs in French—je suis, tu es, il est, elle est, nous sommes, vous êtes, etc. Yet they find it much more difficult to speak French naturally when they visit France. Yet when people immerse themselves in a language like children, through play and exploration, they can learn a language quickly and easily. So the more we become child-like in language learning, the easier it becomes. Children growing up in a well-rounded environment learn to speak at least 2,...

Concord Language School offers a special programme that prepares students for the prestigious Cambridge English exams. The school is proud of its successful students and our success rates are high and continue to improve year-on-year. Cambridge exams are recognised by employers, universities and colleges all around the world and the certificates are valid for life. You should choose these exams if you:         want to attend an English-speaking university           want an international certificate which proves your level of English        want better opportunities for future employment        want to gain competitive advantage in business Our school organises courses for preparing for three different exams and you can choose the exam that suits your knowledge and needs. It does not matter whether you are a student or a professional we have the language course for you. We offe...

Learning a language is a powerful mental workout that uses  every form of memory we have . We need to acquire a repository of words, to form a vocabulary vast enough to express our messages. We also need the grammatical knowledge to put it all together. We need to use our muscles and motor control to wrap our tongue around the pronunciation. And we need to be able to do it fast, intuitively, without stopping to think about each translation. Fluency in any language requires a higher order understanding of it. Memorization will fall short, you can’t just accumulate words, you need to see the relationships and interactions between them. “Mastery requires both the possession of ready knowledge and the conceptual understanding of how to use it.”  –  Make It Stick As with many other higher forms of knowledge — such as music theory, a programming language, math or physics — it’s essential to see the whole system, to take a holistic view and understand int...

Meet my friend Yukine. She’s 7 years old and speaks 5 languages:  English, Spanish, Japanese, German and Sign Language . When I visited the Canary Islands recently, we sat down for a chat, and I asked her about her languages and what she likes about each of them. Now, it’s a common myth that  children are much better language learners than adults . Unfortunately, this is a myth that’s perpetuated wherever you go, and is often used by adults to justify not trying so hard themselves… Children just soak up languages like a sponge, but it’s too late for me now. When you watch this video, you may find yourself feeling the same thing. But I want you to look a bit deeper into exactly how Yukine has managed to learn these languages, because there’s a very important lesson in there. How a child can learn 5 languages Here are the facts: She lives in Spain She speaks Spanish and Japanese at home with her parents She attends an English medium internatio...