My ESL

Dear students - participants of Ibunka 2009!

On finishing the Project each of you is to make a presentation about the new things you learnt from the students of the other countries, about the things that amazed you: arts, education, life!

On This Day in Lingustic History

December 18 International Language Week
November 17 International Students' Day
October 5 Teacher Appreciation Day (Russia)
September 30 International translator’s Day http://twoways.net/blog/?p=6 http://www.corazones.org/santos/jeronimo.htm
26 September European Day of Languages
September 8 International Literacy Day http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/literacy/
May 25 Philologist day
March 20 International Day of Francophonie (all French-speakers)
February 21 International Mother Language Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day
February 8 Russian Science Day
January 25 Russian Students Day (Tatiana Day)

Collection of Sayings about Languages

Я убежден, что каждый новый язык расширяет сознание человека и его мир. Это как будто еще один глаз и еще одно ухо. "Даниэль Штайн, переводчик" Людмила Улицкая
Le tengo cariño a la H. Es como unos zapatos viejos, que no valen para nada, pero que no te animas a tirarlos porque te recuerdan por dónde has caminado con ellos. José Antonio Millán, filólogo
Все прочие авторы могут желать похвал - авторы словарей и грамматик могут только желать избежать упреков. Жан Андрие
"I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse." - Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
английский — это нацистский, не поддающийся логике язык (Пинкер Стивен Язык как инстинкт)
It's hard to imagine that a word is only 0.1% of a picture. American english: issue 49
“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar!” - Author unknown
I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet. That may be. But I think there's another thing that separates us from animals. We aren't afraid of vacuum cleaners. Jeff Stilson
Language is the source of misunderstandings. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Languages fit the needs of those who speak them, and if a language lacks a word, it is because it lacks a concept or, better put, a feeling. Victoria Ocampo
High thoughts must have high language. Aristophanes
A different language is a different vision of life. Federico Fellini (1920-1993) Italian film director

My ESL

2009/10/31

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