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This post is about a curious girl from Russia named Marina Orlova who has a website called hot for words. Despite some bias comments in this blog post about her I would give Marina and her blog and Youtube channel HotforWords two thumbs up.  I think she promotes languages and gets people into language learning, [...]

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New Polish Visa requirement If you are on your way to get Polish citizenship, or want o get a Polish citizenship as an entry for the EU, then there is a new requirement you should be aware of. If you want to stay in Poland as you are waiting for a Permanent visa you need [...]

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Can you learn a language with children’s songs on YouTube? Yes, if you are a child.  It will help if you expose your child to sounds of different languages starting from age zero to two years old. In fact, parents that say at seven they will start their child with Spanish lessons for example, well, [...]

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Galeria Bonarka Kraków Why is Galeria Bonarka Kraków important?  Let me explain. I am an American living in Kraków Poland. When I came here over five years ago, I was the richest guy riding on the tram.  Now I look around me and I ask myself, am I even average? I do not think so.  [...]

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What is a Polyglot A polyglot is a person who learns language to the point of high level of fluency. There have been famous and non famous polyglots in history. There was Cardinal Mezzofanti who learned some 38 languages, by studying morning to evening his whole life. On the other hand my grandmother Anna Wolonick [...]

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You learn a language by making mistakes There is no way you can learn a language without blood, sweat and tears.  This is one of my how to learn a language mantras.  Why? The way your brain remembers things is through a series of mistakes and failures until it self corrects. Learning a language is [...]

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Bonarka city center Kraków This post is not about languages, but about galeria Bonarka city center opening in Kraków. I am an American in Kraków and sometimes get off the subject of langauges.  I can not believe all the Galeria’s that have opened in Krakow. It is a good thing, I guess.  I am not [...]

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Last night I watched the movie City of Embers. It is based on a book by Jeanne Duprau. I actually rented it at my local video store down the street. I think the film City of Embers I would rank as one of my favorites. I can recommend City of Embers The plot is a [...]

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Bilingual education for your child I am a big believer in multilingual education for children. Do not not believe the experts that will tell you it will affect your child’s language development in a negative way. In is untrue. It will develop their brains and organizes their gray matter in ways a mono lingual person [...]

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Spanish speakers This posts answers the question how many Spanish speakers there are in the United States.  I was curious myself about this question. All I hear on the news is about the growing Hispanic population and how I should study this language.  Actually learning it, to some level, is on my list of things [...]

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