Category: LANGUAGES

Expat: American in China

Published April 8, 2007 in American, Chinese, CULTURES, EXPATS, LANGUAGES | Comments [0]
We see many great blogs written by expatriates living in other cultures. When we find ones that we like, we will create a post and then list them on our new Expats page. Dan explores Chinese culture as he teaches English to students in the Northwest of China. Topics include Chinese education, learning the language, [...] Read More »

Culture News March 31 ’07

Published April 1, 2007 in American, Asian, CULTURES, LANGUAGES, NOTES | Comments [0]
How to Communicate with Americans Unlike most other cultures, American business people use sports analogies to describe business situations, confusing many non-native English speakers. Some great examples of useful football and baseball phrases in this USA Today article. How to Communicate with Asians Hafizah in Brunei has a couple of great posts explaining how to [...] Read More »

Culture News March 23 ’07

Published March 23, 2007 in CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, Czech, French, Indian, Irish, LANGUAGES, Wedding | Comments [0]
It’s Official: Video Games Part of French Culture French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres has inducted three game designers into the prestigious Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Literature), following on a new law signed earlier this month that provides generous tax breaks for video games made on French soil. Wired [...] Read More »