Tips for Learning a Second Language by Online Interactions
Interaction is one of the best ways to learn a second language; and there are various ways to maximize your interaction with another language. There …
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Lesson Plan for a Unit on China: Chinese Internet looks at the film Avatar
The People’s Republic of China is a culture and society that is difficult for foreigners to fully appreciate, and a case study will help us …
Continue ReadingTeaching Love Poems Written in French: Period, Style, and Edith Piaf
French, popularly known as the “language of love”, has a long tradition of poets creating beautiful love poems. However, delving into the poetry of …
Continue ReadingHow to Use Chinese Characters to Build Younger Extended Chinese Family Structures
Chinese families are hierarchical and paternal, (father’s families are internal and mother’s families are external). There is a title for each …
Continue ReadingLearn About French Adverbs of Place: les adverbes de lieu
French adverbs of place, les adverbes de lieu, describe where something is or where something occurs. Read on to learn the most common French adverbs …
Continue ReadingUseful ASL Vocabulary for Talking about School
The following article describes some helpful ASL vocabulary for use by signers for talking about school. Use this vocabulary in a back to school …
Continue ReadingHow to Form the Subjunctive of English Verbs: Using & Declining the Subjeunctive Mood of Verbs
Grammatical mood is the expression of modality, which refers to possibility, necessity, and contingency. The subjunctive mood of verbs in English …
Continue ReadingHow to Read Pig Latin: A Language so Popular Google Has a Pig Latin Query Page, Played by Young Thomas Jefferson, with Pig Latin Greetings
The word game we know as Pig Latin was played by Thomas Jefferson in his youth, and there are a number of references to it throughout the 19th …
Continue ReadingHow to Use Spanish Adverbs of Location
Adverbs of location in Spanish help us to talk about “where” something takes place or where something can be found. There are a few …
Continue ReadingHow to Form and Use Verbs in the Perfect Aspect in English
The perfect aspect is a verb form that expresses the consequences resulting from a previous action or state. This article explains the formation and …
Continue ReadingLearn to Use the Dative Case to Desribe Location in German.
The dative case is used for location and sometimes for movement. Learn to use the dative case easily with the appropriate prepositions to give …
Continue ReadingUsing American Sign Language: What Are Some Signs for Parts of the Body?
Learn some of the ASL vocabulary used by signers for talking about the human body. Included is a link to an accompanying downloadable vocabulary study …
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