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Art is a collaboration between the artist and the medium. The sculpture and the stone are together the creator of a statue, and in literature it is the writer and the language. Thus, linguistics, the study of language, is central to the life of a writer, whether he actively pursues it or only instinctively feels it. Linguistics has been a life long fascination for me. I received a Bachelors Degree in Romance Languages and a Masters Degree in Teaching English from Hunter College, New York. From the University of Trieste, in Italy, I received a Diploma in Translation. I have taught languages and have trained teachers for twenty years, and during this time I have had the occasion to ponder many questions of linguistics, to write some opinions and to present papers and conduct workshops on various topics. I would like to present some of my ideas here. I hope they will be of interest.

Articles:

• THE JOURNAL, ENGLISH TEACHING FORUM HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREAT SUCCESSES OF THE US GOVERNMENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. HERE IS AN ARTICLE THAT I CONTRIBUTED TO THE APRIL, 2002 EDITION.

• IN 1994 I WAS INVITED TO PRESENT A PAPER AT THE TIMISOARA ENGLISH TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. I WENT WITH THIS PIECE ON POLITENESS STRATEGIES, THE PARTIAL RESULTS OF A STUDY I WAS CONDUCTING.

• WHICH LANGUAGES ARE MOST USEFUL FOR AN ENGLISH SPEAKER TO LEARN? THE TOP TWELVE CHOICES.

• WHICH LANGUAGE IS EASIEST TO LEARN? A LOOK AT THE TOP 14 LANGUAGE COURSE OFFERINGS.

• A great link for discussing language is the WORD REFERENCE FORUM.

• THE ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

• HOW DO INTERNET USERS DESCRIBE THE WORLD? LOOK IN THE URBAN DICTIONARY.