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Advantages of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Two weeks ago I wrote an article about the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. In this article you can find all the information you need: I wrote about the levels, the things a learner should know and which tests you could write to get a certificate. Here you get the general information: Common …

Language schools in Havana

Havana is the capital city of Cuba and has about 2.1 million inhabitants. In addition, it’s the largest city and the leading commercial centre of the country. In the 16th century the city was founded by the Spanish and in 1592 the king Philip II of Spain granted Havana the title of City. Havana is …

13 reasons to travel

Many students learn languages because they love to travel around the world. To travel means to discover new cities and countires, to learn something new every day and to meet persons from all over the world. You could search for your next language school here or you could read the following reasons for travelling before …

Language schools in Johannesburg

The largest city in South Africa is Johannesburg. It’s the provincial capital and the seat of the Constitutional Court. The city is located in the Witwatersrand range of hills and known for its museums, theatres, galleries and libraries. While studying a foreign language you could visit different museums, like the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Adler …

False friends in Spanish

Learning a foreign language means to get in touch with difficult words or false friends. A false friend is known by every language learner and could be described as a word which is frequently confused with a word in another language. The reason for that phenonmenon is that these two words sound or look similar, …

False Friends in French

As an English speaker you could find false friends in other languages. A few weeks ago we wrote an article about false friends in Italian which you can read here. But also in French you will find a lot of false friends which could be a little bit confusing for language learners. If you want …

How to use clustering

Clustering is a learning technique which was developped by Gabriele Rico and which has a lot of similarities to MindMapping. Also in different language schools you will get in touch with learning techniques while learning a foreign language – be open and try them. What is Clustering? Clustering is a learning technique for persons who …

Language schools in Tokyo

Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu. It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and of the Japanese government. In addition the city has the most Michelin stars of any city in the world, so you will get in touch also with the …