Showing posts with label foreign languages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign languages. Show all posts

Friday, March 30, 2012

Sometimes we talk different

I am always fascinated by jargons, be it trade jargons, sports jargons, or others. You pick up something new everytime you hear a conversation or a discussion among people in the same field.

The other day, I was seated in a restaurant next to a table of medical professionals and I heard something like an ekg machine and other difficult-to-pronounce machines that sounded alien to me.

Along the same tone on jargon, a girlfriend gets agitated every time her husband talks insurance-gibberish at home. LOL

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Learning a foreign language

Being multi-lingual is an advantage. With Malaysia being a country with multi races, knowing a language or dialect besides one's own is beneficial and not uncommon. Many people here learn foreign languages. If I were to sign up for a foreign language course such as a French Language course, I would surely pick a language center that is reputable. I am sure with the right training and syllabus, anyone could master a new language.

These days, we do not need to physically go to classes. Online language classes are now available. The entire process is simple and professionally done. First, they analyse your need and determine the level you are in. Then they find out where you'd be taking the classes, either home or office. They next confirm the days of your classes and finally they assign you a qualiifed trainer who is normally a native speaker. At the end, they evaluate you to find out how well you are doing.