http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=John+Xavier Entertainment John Xavier Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=151870&ca=Entertainment If you want to get into the field of game design, you will need to have more than just an idea. Ideas are not worth anything by themselves. The reason for this is because it is very easy to come up with game ideas, practically anyone can think of game ideas- they are a dime a dozen these days. It... Education John Xavier Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=154034&ca=Education Do you sometimes wonder why certain materials are badly translated? One of these reasons why translation is difficult is a phenomenon known as polysemy: the many meanings that a single word can take. For example, In English, the word plain can take on the following meanings: ordinary / undecorated:... Education John Xavier Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=151709&ca=Education Linguistics is, according to Merriam-Webster, "the study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and modification of language." It is important to note that linguistics deals with the analysis of any language, not just English. A lot of ground is covered in linguistics. Some topics i... Education John Xavier Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=155845&ca=Education Syllables that are stressed can present another complication when trying to learn a language. Not all languages use stress like English does. In French there is no stress for individual words, although there is intonation (changing the tone of voice) when you are asking a question, which is a differ...