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| Kugel Senior Member United States Joined 6535 days ago 497 posts - 555 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 33 of 50 11 May 2012 at 6:36pm | IP Logged |
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Hopefully, such a language academy would be located in East Asia. The costs for
instruction would simply be too high in NYC, LA, Chicago, etc. I'd imagine the same applies for Western Europe. China would be a great choice because of its reputation of the language schools being corrupt, so then maybe PIFLSS would attract the English speakers who don't want to deal with the headaches of Chinese bureaucracy. Then again, living in a state where google is banned would be a bummer. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6467 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 34 of 50 11 May 2012 at 8:12pm | IP Logged |
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Not quite so. Rent in the center of Berlin for example is roughly a third of what you'd pay in San Francisco.
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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6467 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 36 of 50 12 May 2012 at 2:00am | IP Logged |
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Sorry, but...
1. America is known for having a population that doesn't care so much about becoming polyglots, it's a hobby at best rather than a necessity. Meanwhile in Europe and Asia people are ready to spend big bucks on promising programs. EU also heavily subsidizes programs that aim to make the dream of multilingual Europe come true. 2. True, but NY is also so expensive that people typically cannot afford to stay for more than a few days. There are other hubs. 3. WTH?? Have you tried walking around a Western European major city??? There isn't a day that I don't hear French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese and a selection of smaller languages, all without seeking them out. The parade of foreign culture groups living in Berlin at the Carnival of Cultures lasts 5 hours just to watch them go by. NY may still have an advantage when it comes to small tribal languages, but not European ones. 4. The average Berlin kiosk has up-to-date newspapers in at least 8 languages. For books, see my list of recommended Berlin bookstores in the Bookstores subforum. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4886 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 37 of 50 12 May 2012 at 4:05am | IP Logged |
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In either the video or the website the professor mentions that he envisions a retreat-
type environment. That would seem to rule out Berlin or NYC. I'm picturing a mountain top village in Crete. Or maybe some abandoned Byzantine monastery. And oh, David! On my last trip to Rome my housemates (I rented a room) were from Brazil and Ecuador, there were Chinese nuns at the hospital across the street, and the guys at the kiosks on the street were North African. I heard five languages each morning just in our little block. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Michael K. Senior Member United States Joined 5726 days ago 568 posts - 886 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 38 of 50 12 May 2012 at 4:18am | IP Logged |
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In Babel No More Prof. Arguelles said that he was considering an abandoned seminary. At least that was the location he shared with Dr. Erard. I think it was somewhere in California, which may be a good location, because CA is one of the most racially diverse places in the US.
Somewhere in continental Europe in what would be considered a mid-sized city in the US (population <100,000) might be a good location. It would be away from the busyness of a big city, but it would presumably have enough of a diverse population nearby that native speakers of different languages would be available. Is Prof. Arguelles thinking about bringing in local native speakers for the students to practice with? Sort of like exchanging free room and board for a few days in exchange for chatting with the students? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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