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Hao Kan - Daily Mandarin Lesson
The Mandarin Chinese word for "good-looking" is "hao kan." This daily Mandarin lesson has audio files for your pronunciation and listening practice.
'The Watercress Girl': From Henry Mayhew's Classic Study of the London Poor
In this moving excerpt from Henry Mayhew's "London Labour and the London Poor," an eight-year-old girl describes her days at Farringdon Market.
Make a Mardi Gras Mask - French Project
Mardi Gras, which means "fat Tuesday" in French, is celebrated in many francophone regions. Mardi Gras masks are a traditional part of this annual celebration, and making them is a fun and very creative project.
What's the Difference Between 'Jam' and 'Jamb'?
The commonly confused words jam and jamb: answers to practice exercises.
What's the Difference Between the Words Are and Our?
The commonly confused words are and our: definitions, examples, and practice exercises.
Today in Francophone History
Learn about important dates in French and francophone history: famous birthdays, holidays and celebrations, and other milestones.
What Are the Meanings of the Recycling Symbols?
Perhaps the easiest way to live green is to use recycled products and to recycle everything that you can in your day-to-day life. However, it does help if you can properly identify the symbols associated with recycling and the recycled content of the products you're paying your money for.
Dessert - French Food Vocabulary
To finish off your meal with a delicious dessert, learn these tasty French words.
How do I Learn South African Sign Language?
Learning South African Sign Language (SASL) may seem daunting, but in fact the process is quite similar to that of learning any foreign language. According to the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, nearly 500,000 deaf South Africans use SASL and yet, due to years of misunderstanding of the D
Person in English Grammar: First, Second, and Third
In grammar, person is the relationship between a subject and its verb, showing whether the subject is speaking about itself, being spoken to, or being spoken about.
Chinese Language Software That Works Fast And Effectively
Compared to the US, which has 300 million people, the population of China is 1,324,655,000. That's not 1 million people, but 1.3 BILLION people (and this was in the year 2008). The amount of people in China is over 20% of the world's population, which is HUMONGOUS.
Sicilian Proverbs
Sicilian proverbs, Sicilian sayings, and Sicilan expressions with translation into English.