The Bengali New Year 2024

The Bengali New Year 2024, also known as Polia Baisakh, is celebrated in the Indian state of West Bengal and the Bengali-speaking regions of India and Bangladesh. This colorful festival marks the beginning of the Bengali calendar year and is a time for new beginnings, cultural performances, and delicious traditional food. In 2024, Polia Baisakh…

La Celebración del Día Nacional de la Lengua Materna: Preservando Identidades y Fomentando la Diversidad Lingüística

La Universidad Internacional en conjunto del Museo Morelense de Arte Popular dieron lugar a un evento para celebrar el Día Nacional de la Lengua Materna Este evento anual no solo fue una ocasión para conmemorar la riqueza lingüística que nos define, sino también para reflexionar sobre la importancia de preservar y promover las lenguas maternas…

How to talk as a native speaker

If only we could just change our accents, vocabulary and grammar to sound exactly like native English speakers. Fortunately, there are practical steps you can take to speak English like a native speaker. With these tips, plus patience and practice, you’ll be on your way to becoming a language chameleon in no time. The first…

English Idioms

English idioms are an important part of everyday English. They come up all the time in both written and spoken English. Because idioms don’t always make sense literally, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the meaning and usage of each idiom. That may seem like a lot of work, but learning idioms is fun, especially…

Curiosities of January

During this first month of the year we have a main festivity and this is the “Día de Reyes.” During this tradition that takes place the night of January 6th people gathered with their family and all together they cut a “rosca de reyes” which is a bread with a rounded shape, this is because…

FINAL UNINTERidol 2023

Año tras año, el departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras, de la Universidad Internacional UNINTER, lleva a cabo el concurso UNINTERidol en donde alumnos de la universidad demuestran y comparten sus habilidades lingüísticas al interpretar una canción en un idioma extranjero. Siguiendo con esta tradición, el pasado 7 de diciembre de 2023 se llevó a cabo la…

Halloween

Getting closer! One of the most anticipated holidays of the year. It’s easy to see why Halloween is one of the most beloved holidays of the year, so let’s look at ten things about October 31 that make your hair stand on end. I hope you like it and of course don’t forget to go…

The importance of hearing in language learning

Hearing is the beginning of our interaction with the environment, and this begins before we’re born; because hearing is the only sense that works at 100% in the gestational stage. So the brain’s function in language learning is to pick up sound information, to get used to the tonality, musicality and energy of the words.…

New Mexico Is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else

New Mexico is losing a form of Spanish from the earliest Spanish-speaking settlers which has endured for over 400 years in the state’s remote mountain villages. QUESTA, N.M. — When the old regulars gather at Cynthia Rael-Vigil’s coffee shop in Questa, N.M., a village nestled in the snow-capped Sangre de Cristo Mountains, they sip lattes…

How do languages handle non-binary people?

What are your pronouns? In English, the most common answers are “he” or “she”. But a growing number of people identify as neither male nor female, and ask to be referred to with novel pronouns. “They” is by far the most common of these. In English, the linguistic adjustments required to accommodate non-binary people are…