As humans, the superior race of species, we often overlook the achievements of our fellow animal friends. While the majority of animals I have encountered rank relatively low on the intelligence scale, there are the few exceptional animal geniuses out there. Lassie, is a fine example of such an animal. He spent most of his [...]
A recent article in The Washington Post explains that Rwanda’s leaders have decided to abandon French as the country’s official language and adopt English. They have done this first and foremost for economic purposes, since English is quite obviously the global language of commerce.
This is an immense undertaking, because fewer than 5% of Rwandans speak [...]
Autumn is here and like every year the same problem, I have no clothes … and what does it means? Shopping!
The problem is not the fact of buying, but the fact of searching. The sizes drive me crazy. It is impossible for me to find a shirt that fits the length of my arms or [...]
Want to test your English? Check out Adaptation (2002) starring Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep. The plotline is brilliant, but you definitely have to be aware of what the people on the screen are saying in order to follow the story. The film is about Charlie Kaufman, who is hired to write a script based [...]
One of many risks of being at the top of a company is taking decisions. Sometimes people don’t think about the consequences.
Many companies take slightly ethical or immoral decisions. How can we avoid it?
Few people know it, but there are some guidelines that can facilitate our decisions. We only have to follow some points and analyze [...]
It is a little known fact that the English language is at times extremely romantic.
Let’s examine some of the lyrics by the well known boy band Backstreet Boys. ”I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, don’t care what you did, as long as you love me baby.” Or what about the romantic [...]
People usually don’t care know when an Age dies and another one born. Nowadays there’s are a lot of changes, inventions and discovers, and that made that the historians don’t know when starts a new era exactly.
But, on the begining of this year all the historians are sure that know we entered in a new [...]
As a language learner myself, I know that just listening to the boring old news does not always keep one interested. After all, watching the news in my own language is depressing enough! That’s why in addition to websites like www.cnn.com, www.bbc.co.uk, www.wsj.com, and so on, I also like to visit these sites:
www.vbs.tv - This [...]
There is more language than the one that words can form. The language of our body can say more than we think and it can be a great help in moments as closing a deal or to propose some important idea in the business area.
Actions as shake the hand strongly can make us look self-confident. Nevertheless, to cross our arms can do [...]
As in many places, there exists an exception that confirms the rule. This Friday, the students of Business, organize a small meeting (we like to call it party) to converse, to meet people… and I can say that, among other languages, we would end up by practising English. It is another form of networking.
Students, workers, [...]