If you want to learn Italian, you have to learn about Italian food too. Italian cuisine has influenced food culture around the world and is viewed as a form of art by many. Think of Pasta in all its shapes and sizes, widths, and lengths: penne, spaghetti, linguine, fusilli, and lasagna. You already know five Italian words without realizing it! Check out our 10 essential ingredients you need to...
How to Get Your Brain to The Gym – Gray Cells Matter
If you ask most people about their goals or action list, it usually includes more exercise. Be different – work on your mental fitness as well as your abs this time round, and learn a language for the ultimate brain workout.
See our top tips for flexing your neurons and toning your synapses. No pain and all gain!
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Back in 1884, when the very first edition started publication, it took around 50 years for them to finish the first run of the Oxford English Dictionary. Nowadays, 1,200 words are added every quarter to the online version, and it is now bursting at the seams with over 600,000 words.
Here are 10 words that made us ‘Squee’ (‘an exclamation expressing delight or excitement’)!
Are You Actually Pronouncing These Words Wrong?
Words in English can at times be tricky to pronounce, what with the different accents between the British and the Americans and other English speakers from around the world. We can never be quite sure if we are pronouncing it the right way. See how you compare to other English speakers from around the world with these 12 simple everyday words in English.
Planning to relocate? Top 5 Tips for a Smooth Cultural Move
Whether you’re moving abroad as part of a business assignment or you’re selling your possessions and moving overseas in pursuit of adventure, there are some key steps that you can take to ensure that the move is smooth, and your relocation rocks.
Here are our Top Five hacks for truly moving abroad rather than just ‘physically relocating’:
How to Order Coffee in 8 Top Travel Languages
On average, we spend $164 a year on buying coffee when out and about, and drink 3 cups/mugs of coffee on an average day. It’s so popular that it’s the second most exported commodity in the world after crude oil. In the U.S., people drink three times as much coffee as tea; in Russian the ratio is almost exactly reversed. While coffee drinking trends vary by country and continent, there is no doubt...
10 Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know About the Arabic Language
Thinking you might learn Arabic? There are over 100 words for camel and more than 10 words for love. Not surprising from the language of poetry, with a rich tapestry of history dating back to the first century. From ghouls and mummies to love and language, read on for 10 surprising facts that we bet you didn’t know about the Arabic language. 1. Arabic is the official language in 26...
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How to Build a Millennial Workforce that “Likes” You
By 2025, Millennials will comprise 75% of the global workforce. Millennials are tech-savvy, greatly ambitious, in love with change, multi-taskers and globally connected – mainly due to being immersed in the digital world from a young age. How to Build a Millennial Workforce that “Likes” You – the top 3 game changers coming up… Born between 1980 and 2000, this...