A proactive language learner doesn’t wait for someone to tell them to do something – they speak to people in English because they know it will help them advance their language skills. This video shows ways to start conversations even if you are a very, very shy person.

Spainistan- Video with English subtitles (from the original “Españistán, de la Burbuja Inmobiliaria a la Crisis (por Aleix Saló)” Uploaded by aleixsalo on May 25, 2011) (1) Españistan (Spain+istan) at 0:03, 6:26 & 6:33 the author plays with the root Españ- (Spain) and the suffix -stan “place of” (perhaps from association with Afghanistan) to create [...]

Small Business and CFIB were front and center on the leaders on the agenda for the 2011 to discuss. On three separate occasions in the English debate, CFIB leaders and members of their reference platforms designed for small businesses. The second May 2011 general election will be an important day for Canadians and small businesses, [...]

A German comedy film with English subtitles, part 2 of 9

Zoroastrians in Iran (English) – ????? ????? ????? ?? ????? The religion founded by Zarathustra (Zoroaster in Greek; Zarthosht in India and Persia). Conservative Zoroastrians assign a date of 6000 BC to the establishment of religion, other followers estimate 600 BCE. Historians and religious scholars generally date his life sometime 1500-1000 BC on the basis [...]

Helping a small service business-to come online is a great way to build a business for yourself. There are hundreds of thousands of small businesses that have very little presence online, and you can the marketing of the skills you have to get it up online as well. This brings them more business, while [...]