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#language-learning

Hockey players are no stranger to bridging the language gap. With more than a dozen countries represented across the NHL, learning English is often a vital part of adjusting to the league. But for Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson, the flow of knowledge is going the other way. Thompson has started to pick up some Russian, enlisting Aliaksei Protas as a tutor. Protas, who hails from from Vitebsk, Belarus, was all to happy to oblige.

It was Ramadan, and in Zanzibar - outside the tourist area - this meant closed restaurants, shuttered groceries, and recommendations to refrain from even drinking water in public until after dark. The cultural norms, so normal for our hosts and neighbors, were way out of our comfort zone and, unfortunately, our realm of understanding. Still, my family of four made it our mission to connect with our Tanzanian neighbors.

This happened to me in 2009, when I read The Original of Laura-which consists of unedited fragments of Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished last novel-and noticed that, after 35 years of writing in English, the author had still struggled to spell bicycle. I had imagined Nabokov's leap away from Russian, his native language, as an instantaneous, effortless transformation, but now I realized that it must have been an ongoing struggle-one that enhanced his dazzlingly precise fiction.

I know a few big words, and sometimes I use them where they make sense. I am a professional writer, after all. It's fun to use a big word in certain spots, and not even for the cheap ego boost. I just like it when there's a specific word that sounds exactly right for the thought I'm trying to convey.

I think if I made this album, it's because of the love and curiosity, wanting to learn other languages, wanting to understand better the other. Through understanding the other better, maybe you can understand yourself better and you can love learn how to love better. A lot of trying to understand how other languages work. It's a lot of intuition also, and trying to be like, OK, I'm going to just write and let's see how this will sound in another language.

My relationship with English began by force. Growing up in A Coruña, Spain, in the early 2000s, we were told that learning a second language was just as important as memorizing the multiplication table. After the 2008 financial crisis left the Spanish economy " melting down like a Dali horrorscape," as one Atlantic writer put it, English became what seemed like our national salvation, a one-way ticket to a better future abroad.

Redeveloped curriculum is divided into five areas: well-being, Stem education, arts education, language, social and environmental education Primary school children will spend more time on PE, begin to learn about puberty earlier and will start learning a foreign language in fifth class as part of a new curriculum which will be phased in from next year. It will replace the 26-year-old curriculum currently in place.

Enjoying a beer or two - but not too many - can help you speak a foreign language more clearly, a prize winning scientific study claims. It's a study aid that many language learners have turned to over the years, but now it's been confirmed by scientists - drinking a little booze can help you speak a foreign lingo more clearly.

Reading a different language helps you expand your vocabulary and nail down nuances like sentence structure, and for visual learners like myself it can be the ideal way to start really learning information. Lucky for all of us e-reader lovers, Kindle's ebook store has books in all kinds of languages that you can purchase or download through Kindle's subscription services like Kindle Unlimited and Kids+. You can always send an ebook from your library that's in your learning language of choice to your e-reader, too.

I typically enjoy spending a transatlantic flight watching a couple of movies, listening to music, and catching some sleep (if I'm lucky). This trip was different from the moment I sat down. Instead of keeping to myself, I became engrossed in conversation with my seatmate, Anne, a 95-year-old woman returning from a three-month stay in Paris. I was immediately captivated by her positive energy, boundless curiosity, and enthusiasm for life.

When I moved from the US to Spain to build a new life, I hoped to find someone to share it with. I mostly dated men who spoke both English and Spanish, but never felt a true connection - until one night at a Latin dance event when I was paired with my now-boyfriend.

Born and raised in the northwest of England, Jarell Quansah's move from Liverpool to Bayer Leverkusen at age 22 will require him to learn German.

Entrepreneurs favor flexibility over potential profits, with a five-fold preference, according to Embroker. Developing language skills can enhance opportunities for remote work and international expansion.

Ministers must make access to language learning a national priority, after research showed that children from more deprived areas of England are disproportionately denied the opportunity to learn a foreign language.

Mettre la puce à l'oreille literally translates to 'to put a flea in someone's ear,' but it means to make someone suspicious or cause them to worry.

I realized it wasn't built to last. It was hard to fully integrate without being fluent in the local languages.

Tandem fosters a global community of over 30 million language learners, promoting shared connections and cross-cultural conversations which enhance members' language journeys.

MosaLingua offers busy professionals an efficient way to learn new languages necessary for business expansion, with short daily lessons and various useful tools.

Mastering a second or third language can unlock new revenue streams, streamline negotiations, and strengthen relationships with international clients.

When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of distress and anxiety. If I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, without pain.