[English] С внедрением стандартных языковых тестов TOEFL и TestDAF, ориентированных на проверку знания немецкого и английского языков, начало бытовать мнение, что и методы связанные с изучением языка тоже могут быть стандартизированы для всех людейжелающих изучить тот или иной иностранный язык, в нашем случае немецкий или английский. Концепция и теоретическое обоснование основаны на серьезных аргументах, однако [...]

Any new language presents new problems. Babies learn languages organically. They listen and figure it out. Adults learn languages mathematically through reference points and rule values. Thing is, the rules don’t always apply.

At that point you can only think to yourself: why not having one standard word for each thing? Easy; make a decision – where’s the pavement, where’s the sidewalk, and what’s the curb? Second language learners would appreciate some consensus.

[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 diferentes culturas de la región hispanoparlante. Desde México a la Argentina [...]

From Latin America to Spain accents vary, as well as colloquial expressions. We use different words to name the same objects and we even conjugate verbs in a different way, however we still manage to understand each other.

[English] Que vous veniez de France, de Belgique, de Suisse ou encore du Québec (et j’en passe), vous parlez tous français, c’est vrai. Mais est-ce que parfois il ne vous arrive pas d’entendre ou de lire des mots „français” que vous ne comprenez pas ou qui vous paraissent un peu obsolètes ou “périmés”, même parfois [...]

Even I, as a French person, won’t understand much of what a person from Québec tells me if he or she only uses typical Québec expressions.

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For all of you who participated, voted, nominated or otherwise took an interest in our pursuit of the best International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2009: The results are in! The lucky winners got some nice prizes as well, at least we think so. You can find the list of all the Top 100 International Exchange [...]

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