Language Advice

To the majority of the world, the difference between “that” and “which” is very vague. Most people are under the impression that the two words are synonymous and can be used interchangeably. This couldn’t be farther from the truth, even though we see them misused regularly in both professional and amateur writing. The result is [...]

The question of whether or not to include the hyphen in the short form of “electronic mail” is a huge issue for writers and editors alike, mainly due to the widespread use of both e-mail and email in major publications. Even experienced professionals often struggle with the choice between e-mail and email. The truth is [...]

“App” was voted the most notable word of 2010 during the Linguistic Society of America’s 2011  conference in early January. A term used to describe a computer or smart-phone application, “app” is continuing its trend of being called Word of the Year (WOTY) from the realms of politics, current events, and Internet jargon. Last year’s [...]

Languages are the basic tools for communication. Without knowledge of languages aside of one’s own, a person may have a hard time communicating with and understanding other people. Better communication with a wider scope of people and cultures is one of the main reasons why language learning is widespread and why more and more people [...]

Globalization has been given a lot of attention in schools all over the world. One of its instruments to be in full bloom is knowledge of languages. Language learning is one of the most popular educational activities students in the primary, secondary and tertiary levels engage themselves into as a means of heightening their potential and increasing their [...]

Language learning has been around ever since people from different parts of the world have known about each other’s existence, places and cultures and they have established ties with each other by communicating in each others languages. For thousands of years, people have been learning foreign languages in order to keep up to date with the activities, economies, innovations, [...]

We always hear about how learning languages has its many advantages. For one, people who are fluent in more than one language are able to communicate with more people all around the world. It is in our interactions or exchanges with other people that we are able to convey ourselves, share our knowledge and express our feelings. Learning languages helps people achieve [...]

In all honesty, no one can deny that Japanese is one of the most challenging languages for learners to pick up. For some, its level of difficulty is so high that they even choose to learn other “easier” languages. For others, the difficulty is not an obstacle and they choose to learn this language regardless of the time or [...]