S2000magic Posted June 2, 2012 Report Share Posted June 2, 2012 I consult with Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems, where half of the employees are Japanese. I teach two courses in an International Finance program at UCI where I have had students from China, France, Japan, Turkey, South Korea, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Viet Nam, Saudi Arabia, Guatamala, Russia, Morocco, El Salvadore, India, England, Tunisia, Spain, Armenia, and Taiwan. I teach review courses for the CFA exams in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, where I have had students from Latvia, France, Switzerland, Kuwait, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Italy, Poland, Germany, and Bulgaria. I find learning new languages to be immensely enjoyable (though I freely admit that I'm not remotely fluent in anything other than English), and I find talking in English to non-native English speakers to be equally enjoyable. A perfect example of the latter occurred Wednesday when one of my Brazilian students was trying to think of the word "rooster" and it escaped her; she asked what we call the husband of a chicken. Priceless! (I'm sure that my feeble attempts at French and German are at least as amusing to native speakers of those languages.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 you probably know what the wife of a chicken is in spannish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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