Czech English

And I used to think Czech was in the Top 5. Not anymore!

What are the top 5 most difficult languages in Europe in your opinion? Answer (1 of 18): It differs from person to person. If my native language is Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian, I will have no trouble learning Polish, Russian, Macedonian, etc. If I know the German language, I won’t find it difficult to learn Dutch. You get the drill. But some languages are hard to lea...

Nice infographic of world languages...

http://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/pie-chart-languages/

A Spectacular Pie Chart of the World's Most Spoken Languages “A world of languages” is a fascinating infographic created by Alberto Lucas Lopéz for the South China Morning Post. It highlights the most spoken language

What are the differences between American and British English? I get this question all the time. I never really have a good answer for this other than a few basic things that nearly everyone knows.

But, I've just finished the film Gambit. I had never heard of this film until today. The film is about a plan to sell a forged painting. I watched it with English subtitles and was able to both hear and see a nice contrast to an female American Texas account and British as I would think to hear it in London.

The differences were pretty interesting for me. The film had a nice twist in the end and it sure was a relief to see a film with zombies, guns, blood or lots of fighting. A super Coen Brothers film :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdGVjejgtVA

Gambit (2012) Official Trailer [HD]: Coen Bros Remake With Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz & Alan Rickman The official trailer for the Coen Brothers remake of 'Gambit'. Starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman. An art curator decides to seek revenge on...

I have mixed feelings about our collective current understanding of copyright infringement. But this seems to me to be blatantly obvious that a HUGE publishing company (many of which I don't support at all) is taking material from a smaller publisher and claiming it as their own. The smaller company is English Out There (EOT)...the bigger company is the corporate giant Oxford University Press (OUP). Please take 20 seconds to sign this petition. Thanks, Glenn.

Make Oxford University Press (OUP) Explain Their Actions Every author, inventor, creator and small business developing innovative content should find these facts about the behaviour of Oxford University Press, the biggest academic press in the world, extremely worrying. Together we should ask OUP to independently investigate and publicly explain the cl...

Twurdy is an interesting Search Engine which could be used to find English articles for YOUR reading level. It is based on Google. I'd love to know what you think.

Find Easy to Read Text for Lower Levels | English in the Czech Republic Twurdy is actually based on Google, but it analyses Google results for readability, so it can help you to find more lower level texts for learners without you having to read through every result from Google to see if it's simple enough.

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Is this the future of learning English (or any language)? I would love to see this technology evolve.

http://www.webpronews.com/googles-project-glass-could-make-learning-another-language-unnecessary-2012-07

Google’s Project Glass Could Make Learning Another Language Unnecessary Learning a foreign language is hard. I’m sure you all know this, but I just wanted to remind you how soul-crushingly difficult it is for anybody over the age of 10 to wrap their brains around a ...

Hee hee :) Can anyone tell me who this character is?

Thanks to Tony Berkoff for this reminder about incomplete

Google Translate just keeps on getting better! Try the new "example sentences" feature which launched on Friday the 13th. It is perfect for my Czech too! :)

A little something for weekend inspiration. David Blaine is a modern-day magician. In this video he explains, in wonderfully clear American English, how he held his breath for over 17 minutes underwater. He also discusses several of his other magic tricks he has performed over the years. This video from TED MED has 2 things for you!!! 1. it is subtitles in many languages. Just hover your mouse over the screen and choose your language. And 2. it has an interactive transcript. Just click "show transcript" and choose your language. The awesome thing about the transcript is that if you don't understand a sentence, you can click on the sentence in the transcript and the video will automatically jump the the sentence you clicked on. What do you think of the video?

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min.html

David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min | Video on TED.com TED Talks In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) -- and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try th...

I should research the origins of words (etymology) more often. I have often been confused by the multiple meanings of some words in Czech like "šťestí" which can mean "happiness", "good fortune" or "luck" in English. Today I learned that 500+ years ago these words used to have the same meaning in English. Now I am not so confused anymore :)

http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=happy

Online Etymology Dictionary

10 Great Tools for Language Teachers | 21st Century Classroom 10 Great Tools for Language Teachers - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Word Doc (.doc), text file (.txt) or read online for free. This presentation includes 10 great tools that we can use in language teaching.