Learning a new language is a major project and in order to succeed in doing so, a few simple tips can ease the way dramatically. As with other major projects, the key to success lies in consistency and small steps rather than a flash in the pan. And this consistency will only arise if you pursue the learning with a passion. The following five recommendations are instrumental in keeping this passion alive throughout the stages where your language journey might linger (and be aware: these will happen).
Learning German from Africa?
Imagine you were taken away from your family as a child and brought to a foreign country with a bunch of other kids. Imagine you were brought up in that foreign country, adapted to the local culture, learnt the language and adjusted to the local lifestyle. And then you would be returned to your native country after ten years, to a country to which you had lost most ties in the meantime and whose culture was unfamiliar to you!
Changing Africa through Mobile Learning
E-Learning for advancing development holds tremendous opportunities, yet it is still in an infant stage. Glovico’s founder Tobias speaks with Senior Project Manager e-Learning at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Volker Lichtenthäler about his views on the subject.
Linguistic genocide? What the …?
At first sight linguistic genocide might sound like a non-issue. But when taking a closer look we became convinced that this is something worthwhile to dedicate our time to – maybe particularly because it is such a neglected topic. Linguistic genocide has been a concern for quite a while now as minorities get discriminated on the basis of their language and they even get repressed. According to National Geographic’s Enduring Voices project every 14 days a language dies and until 2100 half of the existing 7000 languages will be extinct. Continue Reading →
Why are we starting this blog?
So we are also starting a blog now! Why the heck is there the need for another one in addition to the zillion ones already out there?
Well, basically it is two reasons. On the one hand, people keep coming back to us asking tons of questions around starting up a social business (which we always try to answer). And on the other hand, we just encounter so many exciting people and facts around this beautiful globe that it would be shame not to share these stories. Particularly, as we are now moving into more regional languages (see our first venture in that respect here if you wanted to learn Wolof) and are tremendously looking forward to the upcoming Skype conversations with potential teachers.
Naturally, we have some topics in mind that we want to dedicate this blog to: languages, cultures, social business and entrepreneurship, development cooperation, e learning and start up issues are amongst what we have in mind. To see whether we will manage to stick to this agenda stay tuned. And of course, we are always happy to receive your feedback.
Thanks to all of you who have supported our journey so far. We are looking forward to continue it with you…
