by Conor Clyne | Apr 9, 2015 | English, Travel
Moldova is a country of 3.5 million people landlocked between Romania and Ukraine. The country in its present de jure borders was part of the Soviet Union from 1945-1991 after which it became independent upon the collapse of the Soviet Union. Following a war with...
by Conor Clyne | Oct 21, 2014 | English, Polyglot Conferences
On 11 and 12 October 2014, I participated at the Polyglot Conference 2014. The conference was held in the fantastic town of Novi Sad located in the region of Vojvodina in Serbia. The event was a celebration of languages in one of the most multilingual regions of...
by Conor Clyne | Aug 21, 2014 | English, Language Learning Techniques, Polyglottism
The word ‘polyglot’ has its origins in Greek meaning the ‘ability to speak many languages’. Having reviewed the literature and theories on polyglottism, it seems to me that an intersubjective examination is needed on where the thresholds should be with the polyglot...
by Conor Clyne | Jun 3, 2013 | English, Multilingualism, Travel
My passion and multilingual development have been inspired and nourished by the hundreds of trips I have taken over the last decade. Travel and language create a virtuous circle. The more I travel, the more I want to communicate with local people and thus, the more I...
