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Let’s Think of Cinema’s Screen as a Language

Let’s Think of Cinema’s Screen as a Language

What critics, what many of us ignore.
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Peter Markham
Why We May Never Speak a Universal Language

Why We May Never Speak a Universal Language

One language to bind or rule them all?
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Rui Alves
The Artist as a Genius (Or as a Mad Person)

The Artist as a Genius (Or as a Mad Person)

What happens when art demands a price only few are willing to pay?
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Mario López-Goicoechea
Chinese Culture 101: Don’t Force Chinese To Say No

Chinese Culture 101: Don’t Force Chinese To Say No

A simple “no” to a question doesn’t exist in Chinese. It needs to be understood between the lines.
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Chingmay Anaïs Jo
A Letter to Turning 25

A Letter to Turning 25

A bit of etymology to solve or prevent a quarter life crisis (or a midlife one)
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Ilse Anna Maria
What Happened When I Learned Portuguese as a Second Language

What Happened When I Learned Portuguese as a Second Language

Learning Portuguese wasn’t just about grammar rules or vocabulary. Each lesson was a window into someone’s life, culture, and perspective.
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Ethan Times
Language for Leadership

Language for Leadership

“A pre-school toddler asks on average 28 questions an hour, on going to school though this very quickly falls to just two.”
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Lord Paul Adam Mudd
Why I Quit Duolingo After a 588 Day Streak

Why I Quit Duolingo After a 588 Day Streak

Can you be addicted to a ‘good’ thing?
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Diana Craciun
To Err Is Human … But at Least We Don’t Learn for School.

To Err Is Human … But at Least We Don’t Learn for School.

Poor old Seneca the Younger was a great philosopher … but his biggest achievement was to inspire aphorisms that he never actually wrote.
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Markus Bindig
Cinema: Montage or Long Take?

Cinema: Montage or Long Take?

Which is the true language of film?
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Peter Markham
5,008,608 Words Checked in 35 Weeks and All I Got Was a Cat

5,008,608 Words Checked in 35 Weeks and All I Got Was a Cat

A hard lesson about finding your voice in the Babel
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Rui Alves
How many of us are more comfortable with speaking in English than our native languages?

How many of us are more comfortable with speaking in English than our native languages?

This essay would be highlighting the importance of valuing “Englishes” based on cultural roots which capture unparalleled passion of…
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Dhrity Khersa
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