Chinglish

We have started our around-the-world journey to live in Brazil… first stop: Hong Kong. A melting pot of people with differing languages, cultures, colours and religion - sandwiched into tiny apartments, busy restaurants, glass covered offices - means that effective communication is very important. Cantonese, Mandarin and English are the most abundant of the dozens of languages and dialects spoken here.

English…or Chinglish… is one of my favourite past times here. As you walk around this city you can’t miss advertising hoardings, signs, notices and shop names that can make you laugh outright or are completely inappropriate or just plain wrong! I’ll collect some examples to post here by the end of our stay in Hong Kong. Check out some other examples here.

JAM English Flashcards: Fruit and Vegetables available online at jam.shop now!

jam CREATION

Congratulations to Jaime (the 'J' in jam) for delivering a jam baby girl today!!  In the spirit of 'creation' this is how jam was created....

Jaime and I met February 2009 in London, UK while obtaining our Cambridge University Certificate in English Teaching to Adults (CELTA).  We shared  a passion for learning new languages.  Jaime was en-route to Brazil to teach English and was learning Portuguese while I had plans to continue to study Arabic in Yemen and teach English as  a means to integrate and give back to the community.  During the course we recognized the lack of  'quality' and 'relevant' teaching tools and resources available to teachers and students.  We realized we truly enjoyed creating our own stuff not just for teaching purposes but for our own learning enjoyment...thus jam was born :)

jam (n) /dʒæm/: quality authentic learning tools that complement the learning process for both children and adults who are learning a foreign language.

JAM Language Ltd. English Flash Cards :  Fruit & Vegetables  available at Amazon!