Smiley's Tropical Escape Vox 2008-06-09T23:32:43Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251e70a18e1d/tags/languages/ Sad Songs on a Broken Ukelele English Is tag:vox.com,2008-06-09:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00fae8c139e6000b 2008-06-09T04:40:19Z 2008-06-09T23:32:43Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom A student asked me if English is a beautiful language. I answered no. English is not a beautiful language, English is... One summer, I traveled around Italy as a student. While strolling through the market in Florence I saw this German girl at...

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]]> Perpetual Student tag:vox.com,2008-02-07:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398da26550003 2008-02-05T03:41:56Z 2008-02-07T17:56:11Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's come to me recently that, could I go back and do university again, I would do a business degree. On the other hand, could I go back and study anything I wanted, I'd like to study linguistics. At the moment, I study Japanese and Spanish and ...

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]]> Lingo tag:vox.com,2008-01-02:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398cdd3650001 2008-01-02T05:59:57Z 2008-01-02T05:59:57Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom So, I've been thinking about languages recently. Nothing new, really, except that instead of the mechanics of language, I've been thinking about how we acquire languages. Many of my circle of friends are in mixed-nationality marriages and speak ...

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]]> Mango Language Learning tag:vox.com,2007-09-22:asset-6a00c2251e70a18e1d00e398ab02a70001 2007-09-22T03:49:15Z 2007-09-22T03:49:15Z Smiley http://smiley.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mango Screengrab

Mango is a new web 2.0 service designed to help people study languages. The user interface is clean and easy-to-use and signup is free for the moment. There are several languages, including my favorites, Spanish and Japanese, available to study...

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