| Curling lingo, multilingual style
EDMONTON - It doesn't have the diversity of, say, soccer's World Cup, where fans might see a striker from Ouagadougou bearing down on a 'keeper from Vladivostok. But the Ford world men's curling championship does have an exotic side, especially when one's ear scans the many languages screamed on the ice. English was well-represented at Sunday afternoon's draw, with the Americans, Aussies and constantly shouting Scots all chucking rocks, but there were also barked orders in .
Free French Lessons Now Live On Loquella.com
Loquella.com, a free online language course, is now offering free French lessons in addition to the free Spanish lessons already available. Altadena, CA (PRWeb) April 4, 2007 -- Loquella.com has expanded its language course and is now also offering free French lessons. Loquella.com already offers a comprehensive, free Spanish course that is also completely web-based. Students learn French vocabulary and grammar while going through each French lesson on www.Loquella.com. Currently there are six comprehensive French lessons, each containing between 1,700 and 2,200 sentences to learn and practice, with more French lessons to come. Each lesson contains four to five grammar subjects featured in each lesson. After each grammar subject is introduced the student practices that subject by going through extensive drills.
Weekend Hotlist
Although mankind has been anything but kind to the Earth, it would be nice if the Earth could do us little people in Pittsburgh one little favor and treat us to one nice Saturday this spring. That way, we could get out of the house on Earth Day and enjoy the Earth, thereby working up some good will to be repaid in the future -- with such things as less gas usage, more vigorous recycling and more planting. It is, after all, Earth Day on Saturday. In the event there is not a blizzard or some other ridiculous weather event, Venture Outdoors invites people to spend Saturday hiking in the woods at McConnells Mill State Park in Portersville, Butler County. It runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10; $5 for members. Go to www.ventureoutdoors.org. The Carnegie Science Center presents its first-ever Earth Day celebration Saturday with the Rachel Carson Environmental Film Festival, which features "EarthDance," a juried collection of more than 20 comedies, documentaries, animations, thrillers and family-friendly films on environmental themes.
City volunteers offer visitors free travel guides
University and college students in HCM City have founded a volunteer group named Sai Gon Hotpot to offer free travel guide services to foreign visitors to the city. "Our objective is to meet foreigners and introduce Vietnamese culture, history and culinary arts to them," Sai Gon Hotpot manager Nguyen Thi Phuong Linh said. "We also want to do our part to promote Vietnamese tourism and to learn other languages from foreign tourists," Linh said. The group, whose slogan is Your Smile Is Our Success, has gathered 11 students from different colleges and universities in the city. They can speak many languages, including English, French, Japanese and Chinese. "We met in a youth volunteer programme last year and then became close friends because we all like volunteer activities," Linh said.
MATH CATS MATH CHAT
In springtime, you and your students might like to explore math in the great outdoors. Here are some ideas. OUTDOOR ESTIMATION ACTIVITIES Look at a tree and try to estimate its circumference and its diameter, and then figure out how to measure it. .
Free French Lessons Now Live On Loquella.com
Loquella.com, a free online language course, is now offering free French lessons in addition to the free Spanish lessons already available. Altadena, CA (PRWeb) April 4, 2007 -- Loquella.com has expanded its language course and is now also offering free French lessons. Loquella.com already offers a comprehensive, free Spanish course that is also completely web-based. Students learn French vocabulary and grammar while going through each French lesson on www.Loquella.com. Currently there are six comprehensive French lessons, each containing between 1,700 and 2,200 sentences to learn and practice, with more French lessons to come. Each lesson contains four to five grammar subjects featured in each lesson. After each grammar subject is introduced the student practices that subject by going through extensive drills.
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