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Many cultures find that English might possibly be one of the most difficult languages to learn. Not, in fact, for its words, but for the fact that it has so many unusual and contradictory rules.
Whether you like it or not, foreign expressions represent an integral part of the English language (and of many other languages, too). Knowing the meaning and usage of the most used ones is very important. First of all because it will enable you to understand pieces of text that include ...
Suggests and addresses the need for further curriculum development within the IB PYP in terms of additional (often foreign) language learning within the diverse community of International schools that follow the IB curriculum, in order for schools to become more explicit and unified in their language policies. Includes suggestions for how additional language learning can be linked to the process of inquiry and the promotion of the core values of the IB, embodied in the PYP learner profile.
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Different languages from around the world are often fundamentally different in structure. For example, communication in Latin-derived languages tends to follow the blueprint of a subject followed by a verb and an object, but this is not the case in many other languages. However, it seems that, regardless of the sentence structures found within one's native tongue, non-verbal communication is the same across the globe. Scientists have discovered that when asked to demonstrate complicated ideas (
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