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Sonntag, 28. Oktober 2012

Fresh from Expo Lingua

The residents of Berlin love to learn new languages
The same space, a different audience
The 25th edition of Expo Lingua ended today, but for me it was only the second experience.

The same place - the Russian House of Culture and Science - but a different audience compared with the last year. For instance, I missed Rosetta Stone that gave me a coupon for some introductory lessons in Chinese.

There were many offers for learning English, not few for encouraging people - like me - to improve and learn a better German, and many offers of linguistic travel - you not only go on a trip, but you take the advantage of immersing into the local culture - especially for Spanish and Chinese/Mandarin. 


New for me where: the offers of Japanese classes and the stand for study in Israel, where Ben Gurion University of the Negev was included. I did not observe if it was any special guest this time. 

A quiet Sunday afternoon at Expolingua
Probably because it was the last day, it was not very crowded and the scary guy that was checking  the bags the last year was replaced with someone less obviously careful to scan the shy girls and boys passionate about languages. The overall interaction was not so great, but I supposed that if you were really looking for something, it was possible to find it. As for me, I did not find too many new opportunities to improve my languages, but I prefer to calm down and work hard my poor German. 

Montag, 29. November 2010

I was at Expolingua





From a month to another I discover again that I can make connections and follow events from a year to another. Given my fascination with languages, I run in one Friday afternoon to see this year edition of Expolingua. It was held in the same place, with the same angry bodyguards scrutinizing the language lovers. The special guest was the Chinese language, with lots of interesting events organized by Chinesisches Kulturzentrum Berlin , where I attended a couple of cultural gatherings in the recent months. As at the last edition, there were several offers for the fans of the Spanish language - with tempting exchange courses in Latin American countries, the best occasion to get immersed not only in the secrets of grammar but also for experiencing directly the culture and the society ambiance. The newest offer was represented by many opportunities to learn Arabic and it might be a good incentive for increasing the multicultural skills of the Berlin puzzled society.