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    Friday is here and summer as well (at least for those north of the equator), what else can we ask for? The beach? A cocktail? A massage by the beach with a cocktail? Well…

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Português

Brasil e sua (falsa) boa educação

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No país em que o povo se libera tudo durante o Carnaval, algumas atitudes não são muito bem aceitas. Confira para não cometer gafes!
• No Brasil não se assoa o nariz em público. Não na sala de aula, não no trem e muito...

汉语

如何在中国便宜旅行——交通篇

[English]

飞机——廉价机票搜索
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Italiano

Complimenti, tabù e ciao!

[English]

Che cosa non si dovrebbe mai dire in Italia?? Ci sono un paio di cose che, per una serie di regole sociali non scritte, gli Italiani non fanno come ci sono migliaia di cose simili, piccole accortezze, gesti impercettibili che anche in...

Deutsch

Als Deutscher Japanisch lernen?

[English]

Der erste Kontakt mit der japanischen Sprache ist schnell gemacht. Kulturelle Anknüpfpunkte gibt es genug. Sei es das japanische Essen, japanische Comics, die Sprache selber oder die japanische Mentalität – viele Menschen sind von...

Polski

Nigdy nie żartuj z papieża, albo tabu w Polsce

[English]

Gdy dowiedziałam się, że mam napisać artykuł na temat tabu, który miałby pełnić dodatkowo rolę swego rodzaju przewodnika (albo antyprzewodnika) dla obcokrajowców, musiałam się najpierw dobrze zastanowić. Jakich tematów ...

Español

Vosotros? Ustedes? Vos?

[English]

El español es la tercera lengua más hablada del mundo y y una de las más estudiadas como segunda lengua. Al hablar de español no se puede hablar de una sola lengua homogénea y estándar, pues nuestro idioma es una mezcla de las d...

Pусский

Типология ошибок при изучении английского и немецкого языков

[English]

С внедрением стандартных языковых тестов TOEFL и TestDAF, ориентированных на проверку знания немецкого и английского языков, начало ...