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Carbonara
The waiter at Osteria Ragno d’Oro, around the corner from the Ottaviano metro station not very far from the Vatican state, did not write anything down. He looked at my son, eleven years old and on his third carbonara in as many days, and gave the slow nod Romans keep for things that are correct.…
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Everyone is a teacher
One of my best friend, B, is French. We met during university studies in Sweden where we both were studying Business administration. At that time I had been studying French in school but was really struggling speaking. I had even spent a few months in Aix-en-Provence studying French, without an immediate effect. Many years later…
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Passions that unite us
Learning a language is not always associated with lust. Instead, thoughts might go to drilling vocabulary, struggling with tricky French verbs, or German pronoun forms that never quite stick. However, I am convinced that no one would turn down the opportunity to speak more languages. The feeling of effortlessly ordering a coffee in fluent French…
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Places we dream of
A key component in language learning is where the learning takes place. The two most common places today are probably the classroom and the smart phone. Learning a language in a classroom with a teacher is of course a very structured way of learning. And learning a language on a language app on your smart…
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Un premier pas en avant
A first post. Un premier pas. Starting is hard. In French, the verb is commencer. Not too far from communiquer, which means to communicate. And that’s really where it begins for us. Speaking, writing, expressing oneself. But not in Swedish – rather in other languages. We have always been fascinated by languages. By other cultures.…