Why You Need a Foreign Language
December 25th, 2007
Edward Trimnell discusses topics from the book Why You Need a Foreign Language & How to Learn One.
This podcast: introduction
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Ancient Sumer
December 25th, 2007
Edward Trimnell talks about topics from the book Understanding the Middle East: History, Religion, & the Clash of Cultures.
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The Fertile Crescent
December 25th, 2007
Edward Trimnell talks about topics from the book Understanding the Middle East: History, Religion, & the Clash of Cultures.
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Understanding the Middle East podcast for 12/24/2007
December 24th, 2007
Edward Trimnell talks about topics from the book Understanding the Middle East: History, Religion, & the Clash of Cultures.
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Which language should you learn?
December 11th, 2007
“Perhaps you have always thought about learning a foreign language, but you have held back because you couldn’t decide which one to pursue. Even if you restrict yourself to major languages like Chinese (1.4 billion speakers), Spanish (392 million speakers), French (130 million speakers), and Russian 277 million speakers), you still have a lot of choices.
I can’t tell you which language to study, but I can suggest a handful of questions that will make the choice easier—or at least enable you to narrow down your choices to a manageable list….”
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Edward Trimnell is the author of Why You Need a Foreign Language & How to Learn One.
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For more information, visit www.edwardtrimnell.com
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Panama moves to make Mandarin compulsory in all schools
December 6th, 2007
“We used to able to take for granted that everyone outside the non-English-speaking world placed the highest priority on learning English. The notion that “everyone in the world is learning English” has been an excuse for linguistic laziness in American business circles for decades…”
Edward Trimnell is the author of Why You Need a Foreign Language & How to Learn One.
For more commentary visit www.edwardtrimnell.com
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An end to problems with Iran? Well, not quite..
December 3rd, 2007
“For months now, Iran’s nuclear program has been the looming foreign policy crisis, second only to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq….”
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Review of Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time, by Karen Armstrong
December 2nd, 2007
- My review of Muhammad, a Prophet for our Time, by Karen Armstrong…
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In the introductory section of the book, the author expresses her alarm at anti-Islamic sentiments in the West in the wake of recent Islamist terrorist attacks. Armstrong’s stated purpose is to depict the “peaceful” side of Islam and Mohammed. This book is an historical narrative, but it is also a sales pitch of sorts. She openly scolds her fellow Westerners for jumping to conclusions about Islam. This book is apparently intended to set us straight….
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