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Aptitude Tests Can Help You Make Future Career Decisions
Though you may think you are done taking tests when you are finished with high school and college, there may still be times when you need to take them. You may want to take aptitude tests to see where your interests might lie for future endeavors. Submitted 02/12/08. |
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Latin: From Rome to the World
Roman conquest brought the Latin language to much of the world. The rise of Latin is connected with the rise of the Roman Republic and later with the Roman Empire. The decline and fall of the Roman Empire did not however end its influence. Submitted 02/08/08. |
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The Reach of the Arabic Language
Modern Arabic has a variety of sub dialects, and these various Arabic dialects are spoken throughout the Arab world. Standard Arabic is widely studied and known throughout the Islamic world. The language is closely related to both Hebrew and Aramaic. Submitted 02/07/08. |
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How to Get Smarter - or Look Smarter
There are things you can do to appear to be more intelligent. So if you want to impress your boss or your friends with your intelligence, try a few of the techniques presented in this article. Some of them may actually improve your thinking skills. Submitted 02/05/08. |
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Speed-Reading Training - Is It Worth It?
People in just about every stage of life are struggling with the same problem: How to keep up with the growing pace of information. Speed-reading training is a good way to help people deal with the crush of information that comes at them every day. Submitted 01/30/08. |
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Audio Books are the Ideal Solution for Learning Languages
If you are a busy person who wants to learn a foreign language, you are in luck. Audio books will fit into your life very easily. Think of how many daily activities you could do while listening to an audio book. It adds up to several hours a day! Submitted 01/28/08. |
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The French Language - A Languages of the World Primer
What we now know as French began to come to the fore when King Francis I made Parisian French the official state language. How many non-native speakers there are is unknown, but what is certain is that French is a leading international language. Submitted 01/26/08. |
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The Spanish Language - A Languages of the World Primer
Spanish is one of the official languages of the Organization of American States, the Organization of Ibero-American States, the United Nations, the Union of South American Nations, and the European Union. It is the leading language in 22 countries. Submitted 01/24/08. |
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The Catalan Language - A Languages of the World Primer
As with most romance languages there is a fair degree of mutual intelligibility of Catalan with Italian, French, and Portuguese, but as accents and pronunciation vary dramatically from the Balearic Islands to Andorra, there is no hard and fast rule. Submitted 01/23/08. |
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The Portuguese Language - A Languages of the World Primer
Portuguese is most closely related to the other west-Iberian languages, Galician, spoken to the North of Portugal in the Spanish region of Galicia, and Fala, spoken by around 10,000 people in pockets of Extremadura (Spain) near the Portuguese border. Submitted 01/22/08. |
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