Comments on: Where are you from?

By: A.Bodis

A.Bodis — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:03:26 +0000

Here’s a recent TED talk on this topic.
http://www.ted.com/talks/pico_iyer_where_is_home.html

And a group discussion on the globalisation of cultures/languages too
http://blog.ted.com/2013/07/17/pico-iyer-on-the-unprecedented-blending-of-cultures-and-how-it-makes-us-more-unique-as-opposed-to-more-homogenous/

By: N. Rezvani

N. Rezvani — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:08:11 +0000

hi
I’m N. Rezvani from Afghanistan
and now I’m studding MA in TEFL in Kashan/Iran
I’m very glad to see Ur website
a nice article which touched my heart
please add me
I’m interested to Ur news about English language and pedagogy
thanks
best regards

By: Li Jia

Li Jia — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:47:22 +0000

I am a Chinese from China. I also find that question hard to answer when Chinese people ask me where I am from. How come? I’ve got mixed dialects and none of them is pure enough to indicate my belonging to any specific area. What’s worse, none of the Chinese people agree with any of the answers I’ve ever offered. Honestly I’m envious of the people who could easily show their distinct regional identity by their natural dialect. Now I’m trying very hard to pick up a local dialect and I’d rather use the local dialect to communicate with my colleagues and leaders so as to feel part of the group and get myself involved in the community.

By: Gerry Phelan

Gerry Phelan — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:34:01 +0000

Many thanks, Nicole, for putting Indrani’s story in Australiaj Esperantistoj and for all your work in helping Roger with the journal.
Your contribution is certainly a great asset for the journal.

By: Sinjoro ENG

Sinjoro ENG — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:27:59 +0000

Saluton Nicole, a nice article which touched my heart as I personlly went through almost every fasting month in Malaysia. I am a mixed of two Chinese tribe, Han and She ( 汉族和畲族). I look very much like the local mixed Malay tribe and I was denied to enter the fast food outlets or even the local Malay food center during the day.

The worst part of it was the local Malays would shout at the Sarawakians and Sabahans who are not muslim but eating while walking. How ignorance these young people would be ? They not even know the people of the same country but just differentiate the tribe by the skin colours.

This is the cause of the English ‘only’ education policy in Malaysia which leaves not time for the youth to travel with Pasporta Servo (PS) programme. As we know, the wide one travels, s/he sees more and the proverb in Malay–Jauh Perjalanan, Luas Pandangan.行千里路，胜读万卷书。

If the people could have used the PS program to visit more countries, they would not judge the person by the skin colours.

How ignorance these people are for not wanting to learn Esperanto in my country and with no support of media to promote the language which is recommended by the UNESCO http://www.lingvo.org/un