Modern Japanese is the official language of Japan; it is spoken by almost all its 125 million inhabitants, as well as the Japanese who constantly live in Hawaii, the United States and other countries. Still, it is used as a second language by China and Korea residents, which were under Japanese occupation during the first half of the 20th century. Continue reading
Language is the source of misunderstandings.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 – 1944)
There are between 2,500 and 7,000 languages on the planet. But these figures are more than approximate, since the exact number is not known to anyone due to the absence of a unified approach to the allocation of the dialects of the same language and conventions of the differences between different languages. Similarly, there is no single approach to the languages classification. The most popular is genealogical classification based on the historical relationship of languages that appeared from the same source – the parent language. Under this approach, languages are divided into language families, which in turn are divided into close to each other groups of languages. Continue reading
Lefthander is a person, who preferably enjoys using a left hand for personal needs, cooking and similar cases. The hand used for writing, is not an accurate indicator of left-(right-) handedness. So, a lot of left-handers write with their right hand, using left hand for most other tasks.
Disputes about the level of consciousness of the newborn human have a long history. Thus, there is a strong opinion that the brain of the newborn is a “clean sheet”, on which only after the birth the “record” is made. This concept was formulated by Aristotle.
Most of the students know the unpleasant feeling when eyes just stick together, the head is as heavy as iron, and the mind simply refuses to accept the incredible amount of information that you need to learn for a few days before the exam. At this point, students tortured a painful question: “How quickly prepare for the exam?” To which they do not find an answer.
In modern society a new “tradition” has appeared most recently: wealthy people tend to send their children abroad to study. For some it is a tribute to the new fashion, but for others – is a major step forward. The most popular is a higher education abroad. In fact it is much more effective to go to learn when you have already decided on the future profession, than just receive secondary education in colleges or high schools. The education in England is considered as the most prestigious.
France
The current French system of secondary education, like most European systems, consists of three stages – primary (ecole primaire, from 6 to 11 years) and secondary (college – from 11 to 15 years), and then lyceum (lycee – from 16 to 18). The education of state standard is compulsory for children from 6 to 16 years. In the public school education is free, but there are private alternatives.
Private schools mostly are paid for the students, but less constrained by government frameworks – also provide its graduates with diplomas of state standard. Figure 1 shows two types of schools based on their relationship with the state: subsidized (sous contrat) and unsubsidized (hors contrat).
