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About the Author // Helga Drogan is a talented Russian tutor who offers lessons through iTalki. She is currently located in Moscow, Russia where she has earned a BA in Linguistics and a Master’s Degrees in Pedagogy and Educational Psychology. In Russia Christmas Day has been celebrated since the 10th century when Christianity spread throughout the Russian lands. How Christmas was Celebrated in Russia in...
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About the Author // Ofer Tirosh is the founder and CEO of Tomedes, a translation company that started out of a true passion for linguistics. Tomedes offers translation in a number of languages including Spanish, Hebrew, English, Chinese, Thai and more. This is Hanukkah Hanukkah, the festival of lights, is a holiday that marks the beginning of winter (in Israel, at least.) As such, it...
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It’s officially day three of the 12 Days of Christmas Around the World, and this is my first contribution. I really wanted to have fun with this series of posts, in both researching my own articles and reading those of all of the awesome contributors who have teamed up with me, making the various recipes and sharing them with you all. I was initially going...
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About the Author // Hanbridge Mandarin is a Chinese language school based in Shenzhen, China with more than ten years of experience. They teach courses both online and on campus. Their tutors are all bilingual (they have tutors that speak languages other than English), and they are all required to not only have a Bachelor’s degree (not to mention that 60% have Master’s degrees), but they...
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About the Author // Cristóbal del Castillo Camus an avid language learner from Santiago, Chile. He speaks Spanish, English, French, German, Italian and Polish. You can learn more about him and read posts that he has written here. Christmas in Poland – Boże Narodzenie w Polsce Christmas time in Poland is very special. It is indeed a celebration in which families come together, many children...
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Hey everyone! Happy holidays! Today I’m really excited to share a new series of articles that I am going to start posting over the next 12 days. I’ve partnered with several incredible language bloggers, travel bloggers and companies to bring you 12 Days of Christmas Around the World. But it won’t all be about just Christmas. This series is going to cover how the holidays...
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The holiday season is upon us! Have you finished your holiday shopping already? I sure haven’t, but I’m getting pretty close. Finding the perfect gift is (almost) never easy! If you have a few travel lovers, adventurers or language learners who you still need to shop for, here are a few items that I absolutely love (and a few of them may be on my...
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As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I was slow to start working with online tutors to advance my language learning. It’s definitely something I regret today – think of how much further along I could be if I had started sooner! – but I’m glad that I made the change. For years, I went at language learning completely on my own, but when I started...
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I love learning languages. I love the process and nearly everything about it (except for plateaus). But I also love learning about the history of languages and the practical ways in which I might use all of this language-related knowledge I’ve gained over the past few years. While I spend most of my time with books that help improve my ability in the languages that...
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Well, it’s here. December has arrived and that means that in just four days, I’ll be sitting the long awaited HSK exam. Am I ready? Ehh… I have no idea. At this point, I really don’t. But, I have done all that I can to prepare for this exam, so all I can do is go and do my best. And then wait for 45...
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