Thursday, January 17, 2013

Some Interesting Facts about Foreign Languages to Inspire You!

The Spring 2013 semester is underway.  There are estimated to be over 7,000 languages in the world; City College offers 9 languages in its credit program to get you started.  They are: American Sign Language, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Pilipino, Russian, Spanish.  To inspire you to jump right into your studies, click here for some interesting facts about language and language learning.

And, for your amusement, check out these true-life stories of foreign language usage gone terribly, or not so terribly, wrong. (BBC)