Teach students, not facts
Nov 29, 2009 10:20 pmMy expression écrite teacher likens the mind of a French student to a computer.
My expression écrite teacher likens the mind of a French student to a computer.
My assignment: Host a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in a foreign country.
Cutting free more than 1,000 symbols of love, city workers bore bolt cutters and garbage bags while clearing “Love Padlocks” from the wrought iron railing of the Isabel II Bridge in Seville, Spain, last week.
Forget “I love New York” T-shirts and give me one with the words “I love Bloomington.”
I’ve found three types of dating in Korea.
Remember that time, a couple years back, when French football player Zinedine Zidane headbutted that Italian guy in the chest during a match?
CANTERBURY, England - It’s easy to imagine the type of questions one would encounter during the first few weeks of living in a foreign country. But there was one question I wasn’t expecting to come from my international roommates and friends with such genuine curiosity and interest.
Paris government officials are now urging the public to fulfill their patriotic duty – go shopping.
SANTIAGO, Chile - The countries of Chile and Peru have had issues in
diplomatic relations for many years. However, just recently they were
confronted with the most serious offense in decades.
HYDERABAD, India - Picture an elderly woman in a highly polluted city creating a certain haven for workers and school children.
The sleepy island of Amantani sits in the middle of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world.
The sun set hours ago, and the street lights now illuminate the fog-covered roads near the Piazza Duomo.
DETROIT — General Motors Co. says it lost $1.2 billion from the time it left bankruptcy protection through Sept. 30, far better than it has reported in previous quarters and a sign that the auto giant is starting to turn around its business.
Amsterdam is known for its liberal views on otherwise taboo topics such as marijuana and prostitution.
FLORENCE, Italy - People can be too hard on Ebenezer Scrooge.
While the U.S. honors all soldiers who have served in the armed forces with Veterans Day, citizens in the United Kingdom, France and Belgium celebrate Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day.
Peru’s most famous landmark, one of the “New Seven Wonders of the World,” is the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu. There are two ways to reach it: by trail or by the ancient four-day path known as the Inca trail.
It is clear the French have a great reverence for food and dining. French cuisine is strongly influenced by the different regions of France, and a great deal of pride goes into preparing the dishes.
LONDON - “Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot.”
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