Babbel launches language learning application
Babbel is launching today and it’s a rich Internet application built in Flex that is going to help you learn a new language. Like any site now there is a bit of a social twist. Users of the site can...
View ArticleLinguatec Personal Translator 2008
There are plenty of programs to help learn a new language but pure translation programs are rare. This is because this type of software is still very much in its infancy. Enter Linguatec Personal...
View ArticleOlympics to be used to spread Chinese language
Hanyu Pinyin, the phonetic system that uses Roman characters to support the learning of Chinese language. The Communist Party leadership now wants to use the coming Olympic Games as a launching pad for...
View ArticleCultural competency in health care
A "growing amount of research" is examining whether small cultural differences play a significant role in health care disparities across the U.S., USA Today reports. Although, new government-sponsored...
View Article“Foreigners must learn the language before working in our country”
London, UK, 4th March 2008: Foreigners should be made to learn a country’s language before being allowed to work there. This is the sentiment recorded by over 400 respondents to an online survey. The...
View ArticleManchester City and Thai Culture Clash
What can executives learn from former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s controversial ownership of Manchester City Football Club? Frequently hailed as one of the canniest entrepreneurs in...
View ArticleSelling Cars: its all about Cultural Considerations
Selling cars is a lot about cultural considerations. Ask the French. They are focussing on India’s cultural aspects to sell automobiles in the country. France’s top business and engineering schools...
View ArticleEnglish Goes Global Via Online Training
It is not new that English is the global language for business. What is new, however, is the pace of globalization, which is making cross-border commerce, acquisitions, and exchange of best practices...
View ArticleBusiness in China Videos
Effective leadership styles in China is the subject of one of the four videos featuring professors from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai. The others deal with marketing...
View ArticleHR Expat Management Conferences, Event, Seminars 2008
GMS (Global Mobility Specialist) Training and Certification When and Where: 13th, 16-17 June 2008 – Brussels, Belgium 27-29 October 2008 – Washington D.C. Produced by: Worldwide ERC’s Global Workforce...
View ArticleCorporate culture key to innovation success
Government policies aimed at encouraging innovation in manufacturing may be doomed to failure unless companies learn to take more risks, according to academic research. An unpublished study of more...
View Article"Intercultural management is extremely important" says business expert
He has witnessed great economic and social changes in Spain during the past three decades. However, Stan McDaniel believes that a lot remains to be done: opening up the field for entrepreneurs,...
View ArticleTen Tips for Intercultural Leadership
Few successful businesses are now mono-cultural in their make-up. Even if a business or organization is not dealing internationally the chances are that they employ people from foreign countries. At a...
View ArticleHow being multi-lingual can boost your career
The world is more connected than ever. You see it in the media, on the internet, in sport, even in the turbulent world of finance. Businesses are constantly looking for new countries to sell to. But...
View ArticleGlobal Skills for an International Career
As an international careers adviser, I receive questions daily from people of varied backgrounds who hope to try their luck in the global marketplace. Many job seekers mistakenly believe that they...
View ArticleWhy learn a foreign language?
"... [E]ffective communication and successful negotiations with a foreign partner--whether with a partner in peacekeeping, a strategic economic partner, a political adversary, or a non-English...
View ArticleLanguage Aptitude Tests for Foreign Doctors
With the well publicized case of Dr Daniel Ubani earlier this year has come the question as to how many other EU GPs practicing in the UK are ‘lost in translation’. Dr Ubani had “unlawfully killed” UK...
View ArticleLanguage classes are not interactive enough
The publication of a new Ofsted report into Modern Language teaching in the United Kingdom (titled ‘Modern Languages –Achievement and Challenge 2007-2010’) has revealed that, although “significant...
View Article10 Easiest Languages to Learn
Want to know what language course Santa should put in your stocking this Christmas? We do! Here’s a list of the ten languages that are easiest to learn for British speakers.
View ArticleEnglish teens worst at Foreign Languages in Europe
According to a new report, English teenagers are the worst when it comes to learning and using foreign languages in Europe. Are you surprised?
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