Talk. “How to Learn a Foreign Language on Your Own”
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- Friday February 20 at 1:00 PM
- Syntaxis, Inc., New York City
- Registration Required
In my neighborhood last week, I auspiciously came across a new Swedish cafe, Fika, pictured here. At least I think it’s Swedish; I guess it could be pretend Swedish. Att fika in Swedish means “to have…
Founded in 1959 and housed in a 19th-century red-brick carriage house, La Maison Française offers lectures, symposia, films, exhibits, and other French cultural events. It is described on its website as “the most active center of French-American cultural and intellectual…
Koreatown isn’t actually big enough to qualify as a town. According to Google, it runs from 31st to 36th streets, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, though I know of it primarily as a 32nd Street phenomenon. Korean abounds…
This Chelsea bookstore, which opened in 2008, radiates bibliophilia. You can buy books in French, Spanish, or Italian here, and also take classes at the store in any of those three languages. The owner, David Del Vecchio, previously worked at the…
Click here to see an incredible video about Daniel Tammet, a language savant who learned Icelandic in a week. Yes. A week. That is insane. Mr. Tammet is a writer and linguist with what is known as high-functioning autistic…
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