Showing posts with label speaks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label speaks. Show all posts
Thursday, 3 January 2013
Titi speaks about learning Yoruba
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Titi speaks about learning Yoruba Tube. Duration : 5.25 Mins.
Learning Yoruba is not easy. The tones make it especially difficult to hear and speak. Titilayo, a American currently living in Ibadan and studying Yoruba, speaks about the challenges of learning Yoruba and the rewards. To see more about Titi, visit northoflagos.wordpress.com
Learning Yoruba is not easy. The tones make it especially difficult to hear and speak. Titilayo, a American currently living in Ibadan and studying Yoruba, speaks about the challenges of learning Yoruba and the rewards. To see more about Titi, visit northoflagos.wordpress.com
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Monday, 31 December 2012
"Two Years on the Yangtze" - Peter Hessler speaks at Google
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"Two Years on the Yangtze" - Peter Hessler speaks at Google Tube. Duration : 39.22 Mins.
In 1996, 26-year-old Peter Hessler arrived in Fuling, a town on China's Yangtze River, to begin a two-year Peace Corps stint as a teacher at the local college. Along with fellow teacher Adam Meier, the two are the first foreigners to be in this part of the Sichuan province for 50 years. Expecting a calm couple of years, Hessler at first does not realize the social, cultural, and personal implications of being thrust into a such radically different society. In River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, Hessler tells of his experience with the citizens of Fuling, the political and historical climate, and the feel of the city itself. Over the course of two years, Hessler and Meier learn more they ever...
In 1996, 26-year-old Peter Hessler arrived in Fuling, a town on China's Yangtze River, to begin a two-year Peace Corps stint as a teacher at the local college. Along with fellow teacher Adam Meier, the two are the first foreigners to be in this part of the Sichuan province for 50 years. Expecting a calm couple of years, Hessler at first does not realize the social, cultural, and personal implications of being thrust into a such radically different society. In River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, Hessler tells of his experience with the citizens of Fuling, the political and historical climate, and the feel of the city itself. Over the course of two years, Hessler and Meier learn more they ever...
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