Let's Talk Languages

In today's globalized and diversified world, language and cultural awareness play a crucial role.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Happy Anniversary Mexico!

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I was just reading in Facebook all the comments from my Mexican friends about Mexico's 200th birthday celebration. I couldn't help f...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Cultural Behavior When Abroad

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I just finished watching a documentary about how year after year girls from different countries in Europe and North America go to a beach i...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

"Mil", "Dos Mil"... How Can That Be Motivating?

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The other day I was talking to my cousin and she was telling me she was taking French in shcool. I started asking her questions about the th...
Friday, April 30, 2010

The Culture of Driving in Canada

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Yesterday I had to drive to Midland, Ontario, a small town 2 hours north of Toronto. This is not the first time I drive Canadian highways to...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Language Learning and American Expats

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For a long time Americans have been tagged as a culture who refuses to learn a second or third language because they think everyone else in ...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Dual Citizenship, When Is It Your Right And When Are You Taking Advantage Of It?

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I have heard many times about people with two nationalities who go back to their country of origin, get into trouble and then ask their seco...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Diversity vs Unity

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I had always thought that if you were to choose a country to move to, one of the things to consider was their openness to multiculturalism a...
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Gina Vazquez
For the last 13 years I have been involved in different areas of language instruction and I have witnessed how important and necessary it is nowadays. From countries such as Mexico, whose northern neighbour controls a lot of its industry and economical situation, to European countries when deciding to become a union, to Canada with more than 250,000 immigrants arriving every year, taking language and cross-cultural training has gone from being a commodity to being a necessity. My intention through this blog is to share my own intercultural and language experiences.
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