Monthly Archives: January 2009

Japanese learning English? Yes we can!

By admin | Published: 29 January 2009
Language learners in Japan have a turned to a new book to improve their use and understanding of English: The Speeches of Barack Obama. The 95-page book and accompanying CD has become a runaway success among Japanese students of English, according to a recent BBC report. The book contains many of Obama’s speeches, dating back to [...]
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Chinese New Year fit for the credit crunch?

By admin | Published: 27 January 2009
Yesterday saw the start of the Chinese New Year, celebrating the Year of the Ox. The festival begins on the first day of the first lunar month of the Chinese Calendar. This calendar far pre-dates the internationally used Gregorian calendar, with evidence of its use as far back as the second millennium BC. Naturally London will [...]
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