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…

Word of the Day

Vox populi Etymology Latin, voice of the people What It Means Vox populi is a Latin phrase that translates to “the voice of the people” and means, in essence, “popular sentiment or opinion.” A successful campaign manager and ardent defender of workers’ rights, Adela dedicates her time to speaking on behalf of vox populi. VOX POPULI in Context…

The Passive Infinitive

Hello everyone! For today’s mini lesson, let’s talk about the passive infinitive. The passive infinitive is ‘be + past participle’. We can use it in the same places as the normal infinitive to show a passive meaning. USE We can use the passive infinitive after verbs that usually take ‘to + infinitive‘. We can use the…

Atelier: la tâche e(s)t le défi : du A1 au B1

L’approche actionnelle a mis à l’honneur la tâche finale dans l’apprentissage des langues. L’atelier propose d’explorer les types de tâches proposées dans Défi A1 et A2, et de s’approprier des techniques d’enseignement pour mettre en œuvre les savoirs linguistiques nécessaires à la réalisation de ces tâches. Le 31 mai dernier, le Département des Langues Étrangères a eu l’opportunité de participer à…

Using ‘by’ or ‘with’ to say how something is done

Hello everyone! For today’s mini lesson, let’s talk about how to use ‘by’ and ‘with’ to say how something is done. We can use both ‘by + verb+ing’ and ‘with + noun’ to explain how we do something. BY We usually use verb+ing with ‘by’. ‘By’ is used with an action. Examples: • He opened…

Why learn languages in AI Age?

Taiwanese students spend thousands of hours studying English. Yet after three to five class-hours of English as a foreign language every week for more than nine years, most students can barely utter a sentence of English. The government’s “Bilingual Nation 2030” policy would do little to change this. As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies would soon…

¿Cómo era la literatura del «siglo de las luces»? 5 claves para comprender el neoclasicismo

El Neoclasicismo consistió en un movimiento artístico originado en Francia durante el siglo XVIII, también conocido como «el siglo de las luces». Considerado como un período que establece las bases para un mundo moderno con características liberales, ¡te invitamos a conocer 5 claves fundamentales para comprender la literatura durante el Neoclasicismo! ¿Qué es el neoclasicismo?…

El arte de publicar y vender libros hoy

El libro depende del contexto, lo mismo su mercadeo. Comprendamos la venta como uno de los pasos indispensables de la cadena productiva del libro. Sí, aunque a algunos les arda, los libros, durante gran parte de su historia, han sido hechos como productos comercializables. La pandemia es nuestra actualidad, aunque parezca que de ella solo…