Travelling, travelling, travelling (across time and space)
A language contains universes, accessible from the space emerging when two or more people meet. Our mother tongue's inhabited us since we were born, and we are also able to make someone else's words our own, nonnative sounds, a foreign language. There is a myriad of ways, landscapes, stories, myths and legends waiting to be discovered, within our... Continue Reading →
(This post follows the articles "Know Thyself?" and "Emotional Factors that Impact of Linguistic Interactions". If you haven't read them, we suggest you do so before checking this one out!). The same way emotions and certain cultural features influence our communicative encounters, so can the latter be mostly driven by our mind states, processes and... Continue Reading →
In our post titled “Know yourself?”, we began studying the dynamic driven by words once we use them: what and how do we say when we speak? Why is it not enough (or advisable) to exclusively study the “grammar” of a language in order to command it? What do we do with words as we... Continue Reading →
Two magnificent one-of -a-kind actresses in the wrap up of the English for Acting workshop! This is what the backstage was like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng0sCqSrGCk Below, Agostina rehearses an excerpt from Julian Rosefeldt's Manifesto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcK7OF1q-zM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43wJXWXGnNw Paula is a very promising young actress and musician who has learned English on her own, never attending any formal training!... Continue Reading →
I was 8. It happens to me that childhood memories overwhelm my present when I least expect them, as if the wind brought them, apparently untimely, to remind me of something that ends up being important, too important, to overlook. I remember we were walking down Além Street, headed towards the Flag Memorial in Rosario,... Continue Reading →
There are realities we can only access through someone else's eyes https://youtu.be/kmeA61z17ck?si=JYV57TnSQVUowPRX The TV show HBO premiered in 2021 XIXth century England. The plot revolves around a "self-isolated/ghettoed" community of touched people, most of them women, with gifts or features they begin to manifest when, due to a mysterious large-scale luminous event, tiny light sponges... Continue Reading →
How to recover. at the face of language, The fascination of a newborn child Who hears a word for the first time? Elisa Martín Ortega Letters, word texture: warp and woof Intertwine the invisible with the visible. As the entire language weaves What is sayable with that which is not. I made a door: To... Continue Reading →
What do traveling and learning a language have in common? Is it possible to compare these two activities which, at first sight, are so different? We are sure it is not only possible but also desirable. And, to establish that comparison, it is essential that we resort precisely to one of the first and fundamental... Continue Reading →
Today more than ever in history, learning a language does not have to be a tedious or disconcerting activity. Advances in technology and Linguistics have opened doors that, until twenty years ago, seemed hermetically closed or even non-existent. If we want to take advantage of all currently available resources, it is necessary, then, that we... Continue Reading →
Today, a memorable meeting with the invaluable contribution and very welcomed participation of @pcabparise from Brazil♥️♥️♥️, who generously shared with us her specialized knowledge about Spanish authoress #luisagenovevacarnéscaballero! Thank you Paula for you kindness and your good will! Thank you @danylabahiana for you inspiring enthusiasm for Literature and the Arts and thanks to each and every travel... Continue Reading →
The Ways of Infinity 