Archive for the ‘Cultural Exchange’ Category
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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In case you were wondering, everyone in the group with the exception of the Brazilian guy and Japanese girl were ethnic Chinese, but the Japanese girl was born in Beijing and probably speaks Mandarin better than I do, which means everyone who spoke Mandarin in the group could communicate ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Have you ever needed to switch among four languages during dinner?
I have.
It was loads of fun.
I am not being sarcastic.
Photo from http://www.thw.coventry.sch.uk/MFL/MFL.gif
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Some of you might notice the similarity between the title of this post and that of a three-part article I published one and a half months ago.
If you missed that article, here it is. It was a rather popular piece during its time.
It also garnered lots of comments within the ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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A further note on some of these TV shows: “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy” are two of the most popular TV shows in the United States as well. Considering that Americans tend to specialize in slap-stick and even culturally sophisticated humor whereas Swedish humor is usually quite dry, it ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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Now, we discuss whether the cultural traffic between the United States and Sweden is one-way or two-way. After the two World Wars, the world became a much smaller place. Humans discovered that their activities were capable of destroying all life on earth. Countries banded together and international organizations were ...
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