Every speaker coach will insist on the importance of warming up before you go on stage – any kind of stage. And rightly so: you should do your breathing and voice exercises. When you’re going to give a talk in a language you don’t really master, you’d better get into the right linguistic mood as […]
Every day at noon, the carillon of one of the churches in Cefalù plays a melody I have known since childhood as a Sinterklaas-song. This is slightly disconcerting. I have never heard this melody at any other time of the year but the weeks leading up to 6 December, the Good Holy Man’s birthday. Every […]
When you’re travelling, it’s an advantage to have some knowledge of the language of your host country. Of course, if you travel a lot to many different destinations, you can’t be expected to speak every language. However, you may consider learning just a few words – they make all the difference. You show an interest […]
