Month: June 2023

Very often people will have their own reasons for learning a new or foreign language, but some languages have extra added benefits or advantages in the World today. Mandarin Chinese is one of these.

There are many reasons  why Chinese is one of the most important second languages that can be learned by people of any country–but here are just 10.

1) Almost one quarter of the World’s population speaks Chinese.

This in itself may not be an overwhelming reason to learn the language but when you consider that there are over 1.3 billion people in China itself, not to mention the millions elsewhere in Singapore, Taiwan, South East Asia, America and Europe that also speak Chinese, it is obvious that the language is spreading and growing around the World. Being able to speak the language then, will obviously open up billions of new friends, customers or possible partners than … Read more

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Not all authors should spend time learning how to market. That may go against conventional wisdom, but it’s true.

In reality, some authors are not willing to put in the time or effort to do what it takes to market their books. Some get downright nasty towards those of us who are making money with our writing, blaming everything but themselves for their lack of success in selling books.

Recently, I was hosted on a webinar by a colleague to share insights on how to market books. The response by 99% of the people was incredibly positive. But there were a few who were upset at the amount of work I said it takes to market books.

I suppose they preferred I lie and say, “Oh yes, you can sell tons of books and put no work into the process at all.” I won’t do that.

What they wrote

Here … Read more

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Should you learn French or Portuguese? Which language is more useful? Are French and Portuguese similar? This article will answer all of these questions.

Similarities

Both French and Portuguese are Romance languages so they are similar, because they share the same roots. A lot of Portuguese words are similar to French ones and vice versa. Unfortunately, pronunciation is different. Grammar rules are very similar. If you speak French, it should be relatively easy for you to learn Portuguese and vice versa.

Usefulness

Both French and Portuguese are popular languages but French is more popular. It’s the official language of 29 countries including France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco, Haiti and numerous African countries.

Portugal is spoken in Portugal and Brazil which has about 190 million inhabitants (France has only 65 million inhabitants). The Portuguese language is also the official language of such countries as Cape Verde, East Timor, Angola or … Read more

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