Huge banners placed at a shopping centre in the East of London to welcome the thousands of visitors for London 2012, have had to be taken down due to the Arabic-language signs being ‘incoherent’. The Council for Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) said that the words on the Arabic-language signs at Westfield Stratford, were back to front and not joined up as they should be in Arabic.
Spanish Language TV Channel Launched In Iran
February 1, 2012 by
The Middle Eastern country of Iran has just launched a Spanish language TV Channel, called Hispan TV. Iran has allies in Latin America particularly with Venezuela and Cuba. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, hopes that the channel would ‘become a public discussion forum’.
The Fastest Growing Language On Twitter Today Is Arabic
November 25, 2011 by
A recently-released blog on thenextweb.com writes about the results of a study compiled by a Paris based agency, which says that the fastest growing language used on Twitter today is the Arabic language. According to the agency called Semiocast, just over a year ago, only 30,000 tweets were sent in Arabic. Last month, approximately 2.2 million tweets were posted in the Arabic language.
Earworms Rapid Languages
language advantage brings you top language courses from Earworms to help you learn to speak a language on your mobile phone.
Enjoy learning languages in a completely unique and fun way with Earworms Rapid language courses. Listen to the rhythmic repetition of songs and melodies to help you learn the language by using your long-term memory or what they call the ‘accelerated learning technique’. You will be speaking real language without even realising it! The Earworms Rapid language course range is available in Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Learn to speak a language in 70 minutes and on the go with Earworms Rapid Languages!
01 Earworms Rapid Arabic
levels: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Arabic
Learn essential words at the heart of the Arabic language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Arabic straight away!
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02 Earworms Rapid Brazilian Portuguese
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Brazilian Portuguese
Learn essential words at the heart of the Brazilian Portuguese language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Brazilian Portuguese straight away!
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03 Earworms Rapid Cantonese
level: beginner (Volume 1 only)
language: Cantonese
Learn essential words at the heart of the Cantonese language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Cantonese straight away!
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04 Earworms Rapid Dutch
level: beginner (Volume 1 only)
language: Dutch
Learn essential words at the heart of the Dutch language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Dutch straight away!
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05 Earworms Rapid French
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: French
Learn essential words at the heart of the French language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real French straight away!
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REVIEW! read our review of the Earworms Rapid French Volume 1>> and the Earworms Rapid French Volume 2>>
06 Earworms Rapid German
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: German
Learn essential words at the heart of the German language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real German straight away!
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07 Earworms Rapid Greek
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Greek
Learn essential words at the heart of the Greek language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Greek straight away!
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08 Earworms Rapid Italian
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Italian
Learn essential words at the heart of the Italian language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Italian straight away!
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09 Earworms Rapid Japanese
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Japanese
Learn essential words at the heart of the Japanese language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Japanese straight away!
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10 Earworms Rapid Mandarin Chinese
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Mandarin Chinese
Learn essential words at the heart of the Mandarin Chinese language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Mandarin Chinese straight away!
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11 Earworms Rapid Polish
level: beginner (Volume 1 only)
language: Polish
Learn essential words at the heart of the Polish language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Polish straight away! This product is available as a download as well as on audio CD.
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12 Earworms Rapid Portuguese
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Portuguese
Learn essential words at the heart of the Portuguese language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Portuguese straight away!
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13 Earworms Rapid Russian
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Russian
Learn essential words at the heart of the Russian language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Russian straight away!
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14 Earworms Rapid Spanish
level: beginner (Volume 1) – intermediate (Volume 2)
language: Spanish
Learn essential words at the heart of the Spanish language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad, whilst Volume 2 deals with more general conversational terms including the past, present and future tenses. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Spanish straight away!
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15 Earworms Rapid Turkish
level: beginner (Volume 1)
language: Turkish
Learn essential words at the heart of the Turkish language and how to put them together to make yourself understood. Volume 1 deals with the essentials you need for a trip abroad. This is a fun way to learn a language rapidly and will have you speaking real Spanish straight away!
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Eid ul-Fitr 2011
August 26, 2011 by
Eid ul-Fitr (usually abbreviated to Eid) means ‘festival’ or ‘festivity’ in Arabic. It is a Muslim holiday that signifies the end of Ramadan which this year began on the 1st August. Ramadan is the Islamic holy month of fasting so the end of a whole month of fasting is cause for much celebration!
Celebrate the UN Language Days 2011
December 2, 2010 by
The UN celebrated the first ever Chinese Language Day on Friday 12 November 2010 in an bid to raise awareness and respect for the six official working languages of the organisation. With up to 1.4 billion people speaking Chinese, it is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.
The UN will also celebrate its five other official languages to help promote multilingualism and cultural diversity. The dates for the Language Days were selected for their symbolic or historic significance in relation to each language. Although the first Chinese Language Day was celebrated on 12 November, it will be observed on 20 April from 2011, to mark the invention of Chinese characters by Cangjie, with English on the 23rd April; Arabic on the 8th December; French on the 20th March; Russian on the 6th June; and Spanish on the 12th October.
Read more about the UN language days>>
Find out how to learn to speak Arabic and get the Arabic language advantage>>
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Find out how to learn to speak Russian and get the Russian language advantage>>
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‘Historic’ Day as First Non-Latin Web Addresses Go Live
May 10, 2010 by
Arab nations are leading a “historic” charge to make the world wide web live up to its name.
Net regulator ICANN has switched on a system that allows full web addresses that contain no Latin characters. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to have so-called “country codes” written in Arabic scripts.
The move is the first step to allow web addresses in many scripts including Chinese, Thai and Tamil.
Read more about the first Arabic domain names in Arabic script>>
Election Manifestos go Multilingual
May 5, 2010 by
While trying to decide which way to vote in the UK General Election on 6 May 2010, I decided to browse through all the election manifestos of the major political parties. I was pleased to discover on the Green Party website that they have their Mini Manifesto in Arabic and Bengali. [Read more…]
World Cinema
Watching a foreign language movie is a great way to learn a new language, improve existing language skills and to find out about a foreign country and its culture. Buy a DVD in a foreign language and you can choose both the language you watch in and the language of the subtitles. You’ll be amazed at how much you can already understand. Film is a great language learning resource and makes a great gift too. Motivate yourself with a movie!
Our top 10 foreign language films
01 Downfall German
02 House of the Flying Dagger Chinese
03 Motorcycle Diaries Spanish
04 Amelie French
05 Il Postino Italian
06 Life is Beautiful Italian
07 Y Tu Mama Tambien Spanish
08 Delicatessen French
09 Spirited Away Japanese
10 Manon des Sources French
Foreign language movies by language
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Foreign language film reviews
This is where we tell you what we really think about foreign language films on language advantage! We’ve picked out a selection of our favourite foreign language movies and written a short review of each. They are all very different, but excellent viewing – and of course will motivate you to get the language advantage.
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Film reviews in other languages
iPod & MP3 Language Courses
language advantage brings you our top language courses to help you learn to speak a language on your iPod or MP3 player.
Our recommended language courses can be downloaded to your ipod and your mp3 player or even to your mobile phone, PDA or satellite navigation system.
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01 Earworms Rapid Languages
languages: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
for more information, reviews and to view the full range of Earworms Rapid Language courses>>
02 Michel Thomas Method>>
languages: Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
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03 Teach Yourself Conversation
languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, WelshLearn a language on your iPod ® on audible.co.uk>>
04 Collins 40-minute
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05 Teach Yourself One-Day
languages: French, German, Greek, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, TurkishLearn a language on your iPod ® on audible.co.uk>>
06 Teach Yourself Phone
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07 BBC Quickstart
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08 In-flight: Learn Before You Land
languages: Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
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09 Learn in Your Car
languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish
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10 The Complete Idiot’s Guide
languages: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish
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