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French cooking class in Toronto: the perfect recipe for French learners
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The Beauty of German
Don’t judge a language by its cover For many, the first thing that comes to mind when you mention German, is that it is not at all a sexy language. I was one of those people who had always held…
Au secours – I’m learning French!
Parlez-vous français? “Oui” might be the answer that all Canadians should respond with. But outside of Quebec, French fluency is not the case for most in Canada. Non-francophone Canadians start learning French in school at a young age. Several school…
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Does someone have the magic formula to learn English?
Struggling with the language, not be able to answer or even to understand what people say, that is the reality experienced by newcomers and pvtistes. Daily life becomes an obstacle course: find a place to live, find a job, browse the web in English, talk with native speakers etc.
Tagged with: communicate in english, diskuto, learn English, learn english in toronto, learner, speak english
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European Day of Languages in Toronto
I decided to challenge myself with Portuguese, Hungarian, Italian and Estonian: four languages in two hours! That and a lot more.
Tagged with: european day of languages, french, hungarian, italian, language classes, portuguese, spanish, spanish centre
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Does watching telenovelas help to improve Spanish? YES!
A high point in my life was 2008 when I travelled to Mexico, where all my favorite telenovelas were filmed. Every night at 6pm my host family and I would watch ‘Las tontas no van al cielo’ (Dumb Girls Don’t Go to Heaven), obsessed by the drama.
Tagged with: diskuto, diskuto spanish corner, learn spanish, practice spanish, spanish, spanish soap opera, telenovelas
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An entire Chinese family at Mandarin Corner
When you tell someone that you speak Mandarin (and you aren’t from China), they might say something like, “Huh? What!? Why? Are you serious?” or “Chinese is so hard to learn! How did you do it?”
Tagged with: chinese, diskuto, hsk, learn chinese, learn mandarin, mandarin, mandarin corner
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A surprise visit from Washington DC at Diskuto French Corner
Toronto is the perfect place to learn and practice languages. With hundreds of ethnic groups and more than a hundred spoken languages you do not need to travel; the world comes to you!
Tagged with: diskutizens, diskutoyens, french corner, lOOking glass, multicultural, parler français, practice french, speak french in toronto, Toronto
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My Bastille Day in Toronto with the Diskutizens: La Marseillaise and a Croissant
We organized a singing contest called Revolutionary Idol: the best singer won a croissant and the Certificate of Singing Excellence aka the Diskuto prix de chant!
Tagged with: apprendre le francais toronto, bastille day, bastille day in toronto, diskuto, french corner, french events in toronto, la marseillaise, speak french in toronto
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