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  2. I'm here too

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    On 7/17/2020 at 5:25 PM, Martel said:

    Hi everyone, I'm Cinzia and because of my work I have to emprove my english. So I've think that an english forum It could be a good occasion to challenge myself . If I wrong somgfething, please feel you free to correct me :smile:

    Welcome!

  4. Bonjour tous!

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    35 minutes ago, Dieunofantastique said:

    Hello everyone,

    I’m going to try and make this as brief as possible. I am a graduate in Modern Languages (namely French and Spanish, which I have since my school days) and I also have a basic understanding of Italian.

     

    I aspire to be a polyglot and I hope to encounter fellow linguists in my quest to achieve this.

    Welcome Dieunofantastique. Nice to have you here on Linguaholic!

    Would you like to chat with fellow language enthusiasts and polyglots from all over the world? If yes, join us on our Discord Chat Server: https://discord.gg/EpEagaz

    See you there!

     

    Kind regards,

    Lingua

  5. Hello

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    1 minute ago, Luigi said:

     Hello, everyone. 

     I'm a language learning lover and I'm really looking forward to what this website and its people have to offer me and what I can offer them.

     Besides language learning I like literature(from many languages as possible ahaha), philosophy and Japanese animations(specially Studio Ghibli's ones).

     So if any of you want to learn Portuguese, practice Italian, English or Spanish, just let me know ;)

    Welcome to Linguaholic! If you haven't done so yet, it would be great if you would join us on our discord server. 

    We have a vibrant community over there with language enthusiasts from all over the world! You can chat with people there and even use Voice Chat. It's totally free as well. 

    To join us, just follow this link: https://discord.gg/EpEagaz

    Kind regards,

    Lingua

     

  7. USEFUL LANGUAGE LEARNING TIPS

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    Hi, Miss Polyglot

    One thing you could certainly do to improve your skills is joining us on our Discord Server. We have a great community there and language rooms for all kinds of languages. You will find many native speakers there. Over 100 people are online in the chat at almost any given time and people are eager to learn there.

    It is of course free. if you would like to join us, you can find us here: https://discord.gg/EpEagaz

    Best wishes, 

    Lingua

  8. i want to improve my english.

    in Language Exchange Corner

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    Just now, lara said:

    Hi i'm lara. My mother tongue is turkish, i want to improve my english and i am currently studying russian and german. I also want to become to learn japanese or polish or chinese. If you interested text me. I can teach you turkish or we can improve our english. 

    hey lara, nice to have you here on Linguaholic.

    As a first step, you could join our Discord Server. There, you can chat with many native speakers in all kinds of languages: German, Russian, French, English & much more. 

    We are waiting for you there.

    Best, 

    Linguaholic.

    PS: Here is the link to join: https://discord.gg/D2YDtAh   (it's completely free and very easy to use. You can also use voice/video chat in there if you want). 

  11. The Swiss Language Academy

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    9 minutes ago, Anouche said:

     

    The Swiss Language Academy was founded in Switzerland in 2010 and is today one of the most important language training organizations in Switzerland, with a presence across the country for multiple languages.Thousands of private clients and employees of both large and small companies, institutions and government offices have benefited from the LFG method.

    The Swiss Language Academy comprising Learn French Geneva, Learn French Lausanne and Learn French Neuchatel recently expanded into Lucerne, Bern, Basel, Zurich and surrounding areas and collaborate with over 100 trainers throughout the country. Highly qualified native teachers provide language and communication training with the help of learning materials especially developed by LFG for easy French language acquisition and self-training.

     

    We tailor our classes to your needs, at any level and based on the customer’s level of expertise. Helping you to learn the way YOU want! For children, teens and adults alike.

     

    What makes us different?

    · 1-on-1 individual in person tutoring

    · Semi-private lessons (1-2 people in a group)

    · French courses for companies: Group courses - Private courses - Executive coaching 

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    · Real flexibility: any day/anywhere Monday to Sun, from 8am to 9pm, with Skype follow-up

    · Intensive training (up to 5h a day)

    · French and German exam prep (DELF-DALF, FIDE/ TCF, Goethe-Zertifikat) and Swiss citizenship exam prep

    · Specialty French vocabulary and French communication: themed lessons based on business, legal, financial, medical, culinary and construction work

    · Writing classes to master the art of written communication (letters, emails, CV’s)

    · State of the art website for autonomous practice (over 3’000 exercises covering comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, conjugation, at your fingertips)

    · A smartphone friendly tool to practice and improve quickly learn

    · Affordable rates and monthly payment plans

    · Satisfaction guaranteed: you can change trainers if need be.

     

    Try our online free language test on https://www.learn-french-geneva.com/test_level/. Meet our awesome international team members https://www.learn-french-geneva.com/meet-the-team.php and https://learn-any-language-switzerland.com/team-members.php and get your 20 mn free trial! (on demand and availability)

     

    For more information, please visit our website https://www.learn-french-geneva.com and newlingo website www.newlingo.ch

     

    It seems you were finally able to post in the forum. I am glad to see that it worked out for you. 

  12. The clock is ticking, idiom?

    in Language Learning

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    Yes, it is just a normal utterance as it truly says what is happening. 

    I guess that "ticking" (tick) is actually an Onomatopoeia because it mimics the sound that the clock is doing. There are many words that are onomatopoeia actually. Think about expressions like Woof woof, Kikeriki, meeeow and so on. They all "imitate" the sound that these animals make. 

    Why do you need to know these things? Is it part of your homework? :=)

    Best,

    L

  13. The clock is ticking, idiom?

    in Language Learning

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    15 minutes ago, Bro said:

    Hello! Really quick question.

    Are "The clock is ticking" and "Time is running out" idioms?

    15 minutes ago, Bro said:

    Hello! Really quick question.

    Are "The clock is ticking" and "Time is running out" idioms?

    I would say that "That clock is ticking" is not an idiom. 

    "Time is running out" is an idiom I would say, because running has no relation to "time". So "running" is used in a metaphorical way, whereas "ticking" is not used in a metaphorical way. 

    Curious what others have to say about it. 

  19. Correct way to describe someone?

    in Japanese Language | Discussion

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    4 hours ago, Blaveloper said:

    Intensitivity of work in Japan depends on the company.
    The company I work for is well established, has lots of customers of all sorts of companies, but the staff list is just me and 2 others (including employer), so things are actually more relaxed here than work back in the Netherlands (I have nobody yelling at me for every question I ask, salary is a bit higher, work times are flexible (if I start at 10:00, I end at 19:00. if I start at 9:00, I end at 18:00. and so on.), etc.).

    But entirely getting rid of overtime is actually getting more and more common, due to improved labour laws combined with the younger generation refusing to work like their parents do/did.
    The latter often ended up in them setting up independent companies, and major companies looked at it and thought "Oh shit! They have way smaller staff, they work way less, and yet they are way more productive!", which led them into cutting overtime by a lot, and then ultimately getting rid of it altogether.

    There are still companies that have overtime today, but they usually work against the law, and often hire foreigners from other Asian countries to remain under the radar for as long as possible, as they know that foreigners from outside of Asia will most likely sue them really quick while Asian foreigners would rather keep quiet.

    As for miss. Corona, I think that with the exceptions to China, Korea and Iran, it's affecting western Europe way harder than it does in Asia.
    Numbers of infections in Asia are much higher, but the total population is also way bigger, and most countries here have responded quickly in their own ways (I think that Taiwan did by far the best job), although mostly reactive.
    Eastern Europe from what I've seen is proactively responding, which has kept their numbers quite low too.

    According to family and internet-only friends, people in western Europe simply don't care at all, and all measures that have proven effective over here are constantly being discouraged and/or banned over there, which is a big mindfuck to me.
    And you can see it if you look at how quickly the numbers of infections are growing there compared to here (minus Korea, Iran, and maybe China if they stop hiding it).

    I see! Very interesting indeed!

    And I do completely agree that here in the West, people don't take this stuff serious enough and everybody is just doing what they want instead of drastic measures being implemented. However, this also has to do with the fact that in China, we got a 1 party government and they can just simply do whatever they want and they can get stuff done very quickly like that. 

    In Switzerland, everything takes forever as the decision making process is just so different from the one used in China and so many parties are involved. But yea, I also wish that we could somehow deal more efficiently with that Virus here. 

    I do have severa niche websites in the travel business and you can imagine that they are not doing well at all at the moment due to COVID-19. 

  20. Correct way to describe someone?

    in Japanese Language | Discussion

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    16 minutes ago, Blaveloper said:

    I ended up getting busy with work and all that kind of non-sense, and also slightly changed my email address from a .wtf to a .ne.jp domain, which ultimately led me to completely forget about this site.

    Many major things happened in the mean time like me moving to Japan, and by this fulfilling my top wish.
    Now 2 years after moving, I'm still happy to be here, although since I work for a Japanese company I've not been using English or any other language for a very long time.

    That's very interesting, Blaveloper! I kinda did the opposite thing. I moved back from China half a year ago. And I am actually really happy to be back. As you could probably imagine with all that Coronavirus madness going on!

    There are not that many changes in the Linguaholic forum as you see. However, I have a nice little blog now and I publish stuff there regulary: Linguaholic Blog

    Work in Japan must be pretty intense, I imagine? I worked two years in China...that was intense too, but not only that :=)

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