
relevance, richness and beauty of all languages, and thereby celebrating as well the communities, country & world in which we live, with one another in languages other than our own… |
...celebrating the sensibility, courage, ultimate successes of all students and teachers alike, who choose to increase their appreciation for other cultures, through knowledge and skills in new languages, to better meet the challenges of life and living in the 21st century, in our diverse communities, in our diverse country, and in our multilingual/multicultural world… |
tips, teaching ideas / activities, study and teaching materials, professional development opportunities, and other services, for everyone who studies or teaches, or plans to do so soon. |
rapper, nurse, football player, secretary, stay-at-home parent, pastor, politician, republican or democrat, young or old, of African heritage, Asian, or Caucasian, we all nonetheless live in the same 21st century. Our lives in this century will be impacted by our world's inevitable "globalization" reality in which understanding other cultures through communicating in other languages will be CRITICAL to our successes and freedoms. Let CelebrateLanguages.com be a resource and an ally in your journey through the 21st century! |
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| Face your world... learn a new language! |
| Language myth-buster |
We all have heard them ...over & over! But, is there truth to any of these myths? ► "Italian is beautiful, German is ugly." ► "Women talk more than men." ► "Spanish spoken faster than English." ► "Jamaican Patois is not a language." ► "Some languages are harder to learn than others." ► "I'm fine with just English. I don't need to know another language. Everyone speaks English." ►1 |
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| How to learn ANY LANGUAGE on your own...quickly! |
| A map of languages & language use in the United States |
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| Multimedia Language Learning & teaching RESOURCE |
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