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Portraits & interviews

How to learn English in NYC

By Daria Kurdyukova-Pillot Moving to another country is a real challenge. Sometimes you don’t even know how to speak the new language, or how to learn it faster. It has happened to me twice in my life. Firstly, I moved from Russia to France, and then to London a few years after that. Now I am living in NYC. London is a beautiful city with a lot of green parks, different people, traditions, and culture. I liked the city, but...

Features & analyses

Bilingualism: The driving force of NYC

Written by Edil Cuepo Any block you turn onto or bar you enter in New York City, chances are good you’ll encounter people speaking a language other than English. The variety of languages spoken by residents of NYC is estimated to be as many as 800 — 176 of which are spoken in the city’s public schools. We live in a vibrant city full of tourists and foreign-born residents; a melting pot of different cultures and languages. According to Census...