Localized Entertainment

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Broadway Musicals for Chinese Students

Western influence has steadily crept in over the last three decades and Chinese people are slowly embracing a new performing art: Broadway musicals.

Easy Languages to Learn

There are quite a few foreign languages can be relatively easy languages to learn for English speakers. That’s because English is closely related to many European languages and has absorbed vocabulary from lots of them. In other words, you may already have a basis for some languages. According to Anna Merritt, an EFL lecturer based in […]

China’s Spring Festival: RED around the World

With China’s Spring Festival celebration in full swing, the country’s favorite color is everywhere. During this special holiday season, red paraphernalia is not limited to home and office décor; nearly every aspect of Chinese life takes on a crimson tinge. From the red envelopes stuffed with cash and given as gifts, to the red gowns […]

Heroes of Culture

There are leaders whose message echoes around the world and through history, whose words and acts have the power to transform a society’s culture. Today we pay tribute to a few such leaders.

Street Art: Not Just a Scrawl

As a follow-up to last week’s post about the graffiti culture in China, today we will explore São Paulo where street art is flourishing and adorning every conceivable concrete.

The Language of Laughter

While joke telling and humor can be difficult enough to master in one’s native language and culture, the task becomes exponentially more problematic when translation comes into play.

Graffiti Finds its Niche in China

In China, with its supposedly authoritarian government, you would never have guessed that graffiti—an art form considered illegal in most countries—would be alive and kicking.

Cross Cultural Blunders Exposed, Part 2

In today’s article, the last of our two-part series on cross cultural blunders, we will continue to highlight stories related to culture shock as experienced by our CSOFT family.

Cross Cultural Blunders Exposed, Part 1

Meet CSOFT’s Matt Arney and Robert Derbyshire as they share their experience with culture shock.

A Layman’s Guide to Language Hacks, Part 2

Today, we explore ways to make language learning fun and interesting!

Food Translations: The Many McDonald’s Monikers

Nicknames: we often use them. They are a teasing gesture or a term of an endearment for those with whom we have a special relationship: a close friend, a family member, or perhaps a colleague. However, many of us also develop close, intimate relationships with our food and the places that provide it. One such place is McDonald’s.