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Learning English is an exciting albeit challenging endeavor. However, learning English will never be that hard if you only set your heart into it and if you use effective means in learning the language. Of the many options of language learning, language travel is considered to be the best since it encourages full language immersion, yet there are also other ways to learn English without having to go through great lengths literally and figuratively!

One of the most effective and successful language learning and language teaching materials available in the world today are from Languages Out There. Languages Out There combines the classroom with the street and free virtual learning spaces for a language learning experience that is enjoyable, interactive and outstandingly effective!

With every session in Languages Out There, the student learns a small amount of vocabulary and grammar. Classroom work involves practice with practicing the language, then the student goes out into the city with the teacher to interact with the public, or the student logs on to a language exchange website where the student can use his or her acquired language skills in real life and real time situations. It is through the instant usage of new language knowledge that one can remember the lessons better. Languages Out There helps language students achieve fluency of the language and also to achieve true knowledge of how that language really works.

Languages Out There has practical and meaningful English course materials which are designed to be “brain-friendly” and can help achieve English fluency in an ample amount of time. Languages Out There has lesson plans which are available for students and language teachers at affordable costs.

If you are interested in this method you can click here to download, print and use some of their free sample lesson plans. You can start learning English right away at your own pace and at the comfort of your own home. It may take some time for you to be oriented with the language yet you will be guaranteed to learn easily. Once you are ready to practice your language skills, interact with people online through language exchange sites or strike up a conversation with a native English speaker.

The Languages Out There lesson plan for language teachers is also a very helpful language material which is accessible and easy to use. Teachers who are in English speaking countries can teach the first part of the lessons in their classrooms and print out student worksheets that come with each lesson plan then the students can interact with the native English speakers around them. Teachers who are in non-English speaking countries can teach the first part of the lesson which may include materials and role play in the classroom and they can practice English “out there” through language exchange online through forums and a lot more.

Learn English now and make Languages Out There a part of your exciting experience!

Learning foreign languages and becoming fluent in them may be very helpful for those who speak them in searching for jobs. Fluency in foreign languages is an advantage in expanding one’s career opportunities and hopefully in leading a better life.

The global economic crisis has affected a lot of people all over the world and due to the current worldwide situation a lot of people are competing for jobs available in the market today.

Being able to speak a language other than one’s native tongue can be very effective in setting apart one’s résumé from those of the others. More and more companies transact business with companies from other countries that is why there is a need for workers who are able to communicate in various languages.

In one of the universities in the United States where language courses such as Spanish, Arabic, Tagalog, Mandarin Chinese, Latin, and a lot more are offered, the university was able to produce graduates who have proceeded into securing themselves with stable jobs. Graduates who have had learned foreign languages went on to become Foreign Service employees, US Customs Service employees, FBI linguists, State Department employees, foreign language teachers, journalists, and bankers.

Multilingualism is a great advantage to help build one’s career and also in expanding it. Since the upsurge of globalization and the development of technology and the internet has made the world a smaller place, the ability to communicate in more than one language serves as an asset more important than ever. Reports have revealed that there is a surging need for workers who are able to speak foreign languages especially Chinese and Southeast Asian languages. Languages such as Arabic, Farsi and Urdu are also in demand for national security concerns.

In a report published by the Modern Languages Association in 2006, there is a growth in learning foreign languages and the languages with the largest growth in enrollment in between 2002 and 2006 were Arabic (126.5%), Chinese (51%), Korean (37.1%), and American Sign Language (29.7%).

There are some people who believe that learning foreign languages is difficult and may be a plight to be taken with great effort. However, there are some people who believe that anyone is capable of learning languages fluently.

If you would want to improve yourself and have a better career in the future, you should have the motivation and determination to do well. If you would want to be armed with more than just a single language, better be persistent and motivated in learning foreign languages and surely you will reap great results in the future!

There are so many ways to learn languages and yet a lot of people seem to be confused in pinpointing which method is definitely the best. Of the numerous methods of language learning known to man, there are some which are effective for some yet not effective for others.

Studies have shown that children learn languages faster and more effectively than adults yet there are other studies that show that it is not the age difference but the method which makes children effective language learners.

Children who are exposed to a new language in a new environment tend to learn the language while adults have a hard time doing so. Children tend to learn languages by just listening, without making an effort to talk. This method is considered to be effective in also for adults that want to learn a new language. Children and adults can learn a language effectively but the difference between children and adults is that the adults react to the new language and try to talk back right away whereas children tend to listen more often.

The Listening Approach, which is known in more recent years as Automatic Language Growth, is the method which states that any attempt to speak or even think of the language to be learned before automatic speaking comes, will cause damage and limit final results. Language learners who will use this method will have to go through a long “silent period” during which they will focus only on listening. After the silent period of six to twelve months, language learners begin to speak the new language naturally and spontaneously without having to go through much effort.

If adults learn a language thorough an intensive year of listening, they will be able to know how the language sounds and how it should be used. Adults will be able to learn the language naturally and then will be able to express themselves fluently even with clear pronunciation.

Results of a test where adults and children learned a language through intensive listening have shown that they have learned the language effectively. The only clear difference with children and adults is that young children have not yet gained the ability to learn languages wrongly; by destroying it though forced speaking.

Adults are more conscious of language and are thinking of sentence structures, substitutions, rules, translations, and grammar. Thinking about these things prevents adults from speaking naturally, like native speakers of the language. Confusing the grammar of their own language with the grammar of the language they are currently learning.

This is a very interesting method that might help you at the beginning of the language learning process. If you would like to read more about this method, read more on Automatic Language Growth.

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Now that Valentine’s day is near, learn how to say “I love you” in different languages. I hope you enjoy it!

1. albanian: Te Dua
2. arabic: Ana Behibak (to a male)
   arabic: Ana Behibek (to a female)
3. armanian: Yes kez si’rumem
4. assamese (Assam,India): Moi tomak bhal pau
5. basc (Spain): Maite zaitut
6. batak (Indonesia): Holong rohangku di ho
7. bengali (Bangladesh): Ami tomay bhalobashi
8. bicol (Philipines): Namumutan ta ka
9. bolivian (Quechua): qanta munani
10. bulgarian: Obicham te
11. burmese: chit pa de
12. cambodian: Bon sro lanh oon
13. canadian French: Sh’teme (spoken, sounds like this)
14. cantonese: Ngo oi ney
15. catalan (Spain): T’estimo
16. chickasaw: chiholloli (first “i” nasalized)
17. croatian: LJUBim te
    

    valentine´s day

18. czech: miluju te!
19. danish: Jeg elsker dig
20. dutch: Ik ben verliefd op je
21. english: I love you
22. esperanto: Mi amas vin
23. estonian: Mina armastan sind
    estonian: Ma armastan sind
24. esquimo: Nagligivaget
25. farsi (Persian): doostat dAram
26. filipino: Mahal ka ta
27. finnish: Mina” rakastan sinua
28. flemish: Ik zie oe geerne
29. french: Je t’aime
30. friesian: Ik hald fan dei
31. gaelic: Ta gra agam ort
32. galego (Spain): querote (or) amote
33. german: Ich liebe Dich
34. georgian: me shen mikvarkhar
35. greek: s’ agapo
36. gujrati (India): Hoon tane pyar karoochhoon.
37. hausa: Ina sonki
38. hawaiian: Aloha i’a au oe
39. hebrew: Ani ohev otach (male to female)
    hebrew: Ani ohevet otcha (female to male)
40. hindi (India): Mai tumse pyar karta hoon
41. hokkien: Wa ai lu
42. hungarian: Szeretlek te’ged
43. icelandic: Eg elska thig
44. indonesian: Saya Cinta Kamu
45. irish: taim i’ ngra leat
46. italian: ti amo (if it’s a relationship/lover/spouse)
47. japanese: Kimi o ai shiteru
    japanese: Watakushi-wa anata-wo ai shimasu
48. javanese: Kulo tresno
49. kiswahili: Nakupenda
50. korean: Tangshin-i cho-a-yo
51. kurdish: Ez te hezdikhem (?)
52. lao: Koi muk jao
53. latvian: Es tevi milu (Pronounced “Ess tevy meeloo”)
54. lingala: Nalingi yo
55. lithuanian: TAVE MYLIU (ta-ve mee-lyu)
56. luo: (Kenya) Aheri
57. macedonian: SAKAM TE!
58. malay: Saya cintamu
    malay: Saya sayangmu
59. malay/Indonesian: Aku sayang enkow
    malay/Indonesian: Sayah Chantikan Awah
60. malayalam(India): Njyaan Ninne’ Preetikyunnu
    malayalam (India): Njyaan Ninne’ Mohikyunnu.
61. mandarin: Wo ai ni
62. marathi (India): me tujhashi prem karto (male to female)
    marathi (India): me tujhashi prem karte (female to male)
63. Mayan: In Yakumech
    
64. mohawk: Konoronhkwa
65. navaho: Ayor anosh’ni
66. ndebele(Zimbabwe): Niyakutanda
67. norwegian: Eg elskar deg (Nynorsk)
    norwegian: dyai elske dai
68. osetian: Aez dae warzyn
69. persian: Tora dost daram
70. polish: Kocham Cie
    polish: Ja cie kocham
71. portuguese: Eu te amo
72. punjabi (Northern India): Mai taunu pyar karda.
73. romanian: Te iu besc
74. russian: Ya vas liubliu
    russian: ya tebya lublu
    russian: Ya polyubeel tebya.
75. scott Gaelic: Tha gra\dh agam ort
76. serbian: LUBim te.
77. serbocroatian: volim te
78. shona (Zimbabwe): Ndinokuda
79. sinhalese: Mama oyata adarei
80. sioux: Techihhila
81. slovak: lubim ta
82. slovene: ljubim te
83. spanish: Te quiero
    spanish: Te amo
84. srilankan: Mama Oyata Arderyi
85. swahili: Naku penda (followed by the person’s name)
86. swedish: Jag a”lskar dig
87. swiss-German: Ch’ha di ga”rn
88. syrian/Lebanes: BHEBBEK (to a female)
    syrian/Lebanes: BHEBBAK (to a male)
89. tagalog: Mahal Kita
90. tamil: n^An unnaik kAthalikkinREn
91. tatar: Min sine yaratam
92. telugu/india: Nenu Ninnu Premistunnanu
93. thai: Ch’an Rak Khun
    thai: Phom Rak Khun
94. tunisian: Ha eh bak
95. turkish: Seni seviyo*rum
96. ukrainian: Ya kohau tebe
97. vietnamese: Em ye^u anh (woman to man)
    vietnamese: Anh ye^u em (man to woman)
98. welsh: ‘Rwy’n dy garu di.
99. yugoslavian: Ya te volim
100. zuni: Tom ho’ ichema
101. zulu: Ngiyakuthanda!

In case you know how to say “I love you” in another language, please let me know on the comments. I’m trying to get to 100, Thanks!

Learning foreign languages is one of the trends nowadays since it is a very useful skill and tool in communicating with people from different areas of the world. Learning the basics of a foreign language such as vocabulary, grammar, composition, pronunciation, writing and such, are very important in helping achieve language proficiency. But also, learning slang and colloquial terms of a foreign language can help you increase your knowledge of the language, the place where it is spoken and the people who speak it natively.

Slang is defined as the use of highly informal expressions and words that are not considered to be standard in the dialect or language of a speaker.

An example of slang term in English is: “I’ll be buying some threads” for “I’ll be buying some clothes”

Slang is sometimes regional and is used only in a particular territory, yet they are also particular to certain subcultures.

The simple term “What’s up?” in Spanish has different slang terms depending on which country it is spoken:

• Spain – ¿Qué pasa?
• Peru – ¿Qué cuentas?
• Mexico – ¿Qué pedo?
• Argentina – ¿Qué onda?
• Cuba – ¿Qué bola?
• Colombia – ¿Qué más?
• Chile – ¿Qué onda?

Slang may be used in many different ways including compliments and insults and more on simply as an expression of oneself.

Colloquialisms are expressions which are not used in formal speech, paralinguistics, or writing. Sometimes they are referred to collectively as “colloquial language” and are considered to be only appropriate for ordinary, casual, familiar, or informal conversation rather than formal writing or speech.

One way of distinguishing between slang and colloquialism is to ask native speakers if they know the world. If the majority of them do, it is a colloquialism whereas slang terms are limited to a certain number of speakers.

Some examples of colloquialisms include words such as “gonna”, “kinda”; phrases such as “ain’t nothin’”, “graveyard dead”; and entire aphorisms such as “There is more than one way to dress a chicken.”

The term “soft drink” has various colloquial terms in different parts of the world. In the United States alone it is called in various terms: For example, on the Midwest and Northwest it is called “pop” and on the Northeast and extreme West just “soda”.

Why do we need to learn slang and colloquial terms when we learn a foreign language? The answers are easy:

• slang and colloquial terms can be used for everyday situations and if we know them, we won’t be lost in a casual conversation;
• slang and colloquial terms can help motivate us to become fluent in the foreign language;
• slang and colloquial terms can help us break the ice while in conversation with native speakers for the first time;
• slang and colloquial terms can help us integrate ourselves into the place where the language is the native tongue;

Go abroad and learn a foreign language now, don’t miss the chance to expand your knowledge and have fun using local slang and colloquial terms!

Newcastle, the city that is designed for students to work, study and live in! It is a city filled with theatres, galleries, museums, restaurants, night-clubs and pubs as well as relaxing gardens and parks. The city has a world-famous reputation for friendliness and fun and was recently voted one of the ten most exciting cities for nightlife in the world!

Not only doing stuff is possible in this amazing city, but also just see and witness different sights and events is also possible. Newcastle offers the hoppings annual fair, the Tall Ships fireworks and the Chinese New Year celebration every year and the millennium bridge, Quayside and even the theatre royal are worth a visit.

The International House school in Newcastle is settled in the middle of the university centre with magnificent public transport, entertainment facilities and leisure. Newcastle is known as a vibrant, exciting city full of culture! That is already a lot, but we even have more reasons to study at our International House school in Newcastle:

• They are the world’s leading language teaching and teacher training organisation. Every year more than thousand people decide to study on one of the House schools in different countries.
• They offer a wide range of English courses, and also offer internship programs, online management and vocational training courses.
• Newcastle is known as the most attractive place in Britain, because of the combination of work, study and nightlife!
• They are the only school that has been noticed by the British Council and only employ teachers that are fully qualified and experienced.
• Not only Newcastle offers a lot of entertainment activities, but it also offers different activities that you can attend whenever you want to.

So wherever you are from, you are invited to come by and learn to speak English, explore different places in England and experience the amazing culture of Newcastle! Come and visit our main web www.abroadlanguages.com and checkout more information about our recently added English language school, IH Newcastle.