While Hurricane Irene was no laughing matter this past weekend, one stay-at-home mom found humor in New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s unaccented Spanish at press conferences during the storm. She created the Twitter handle @ElBloombito as a parody to amuse homebound friends, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Adding Another Color To Your Spectrum
ilingualism must be in the air. After Amanda’s post last week in response to the Newsweek article on bilingualism, we also noticed bilingualism come up in a New York Times interview with Mexican songwriter Ximena Sariñana. In particular, we loved how … Continue reading
Raised Monolingual (but doing something about it!)
Earlier this month, Newsweek published “Why It’s Smart to be Bilingual” about the growing trend of bilingual education in America and its positive effects on early brain development, not to mention giving an edge in college admissions and job prospects. … Continue reading
The Colorful French Tongue
This has been flying around the office for a few years, but it felt appropriate for Friday to share something a little lighthearted as a lead-up to the weekend. Living Language, if you weren’t aware of our history, has been … Continue reading
Language Inspiration on Instagram
At 15 photos uploaded per second, Instagram is one of the fastest growing social networks and photo sharing apps on the iPhone. It’s also a fount of inspiration for learning languages. Living Language joined Instagram in July, posting amazing travel … Continue reading
Join the Conversation: In the Forums, On Twitter
On Friday, we talked about the importance of having a community of learners around you while you’re learning a language. Our eTutors have already started to get the conversation going on our forums, and there’s plenty to discuss on our … Continue reading
Platinum: From Us To You
This week we launched our groundbreaking Platinum series, and here at the Living Language offices, we’re unbelievably proud to finally show off all the hard work we’ve been doing over the past year or so. Everyone carries their computers or … Continue reading
Food Truck Day 2: What’s Your Living Language?
Thanks for stopping by the Living Language Food Truck in midtown west today! Now that you’ve requested a tasty treat in Spanish, French, Italian, or German — what language do you want to learn?
The Living Language Food Truck debuts in Union Square
To celebrate the launch of Living Language Platinum we hosted a food truck in Union Square today. Hundreds lined up for tasty free treats from French, Spanish, Italian, and German cuisines. The only catch? Visitors had to “say it right … Continue reading
Introducing Living Language Platinum
Reinvention keeps us fresh. A new haircut, job, or hobby (like learning a language!) invigorates. At Living Language, we’ve been helping people learn new languages since 1946. While we’ve updated our programs along the way, it was time for bold … Continue reading