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The Language of Love
Love speaks the same language everywhere, made up of smiles and dreamy eyes. But the words used to express it change: let’s use Valentine’s Day for a short journey into the more romantic side of foreign languages. Sticking, for now, to European languages only, let’s try to understand…
Conversation Time: between reading and listening…
In February European School’s #conversationweek kicks off. One hour of conversation with native-speaker teachers, completely free, with a certificate of attendance stating your language level. Want to know why it’s worth taking part? In everyday life you’ve probably come across friends and acquaintances who have a kind of…
Language certifications: which ones, how and why
Standardising skills is a typical requirement of a globalised world, and the question of language certifications is just one aspect of it. People today travel by choice or out of professional necessity, or else work in their own country while dealing constantly with foreign markets…
Christmas Etiquette: How to Handle Foreign Partners and Suppliers
For us, Christmas is a special time of year, a holiday laden with symbolic meaning that goes well beyond its religious significance, a time for celebration and rest. The impact of Christmas here in Italy (and, more generally, across the Western world) is enormous, so much so that companies…
Learning a foreign language as an investment in yourself. How do you maximise the return?
Studying a foreign language is a considerable investment, one in which the “time” and “personal commitment” components are often underestimated when they ought always to come first.