Grammatical habits in written English reveal linguistic features of...
16 hours ago by Larry Hardesty Computer scientists at MIT and Israel’s Technion have discovered an unexpected source of information about the world’s languages: the habits of native speakers of those...
View ArticleSpeakers at liberal arts conference begrudgingly make case for their utility...
SANTA FE – The liberal arts have long been subject to criticism and even ridicule from those who don’t see their immediate value; the debate over utilitarian versus broad education is ancient. But...
View ArticleSpelling it out: is it time English speakers loosened up?
I can’t remember exactly how often spelling tests happened at school – maybe every week or two – but I do remember I looked forward to them. We’d be tested, I’d do well, then I’d feel good about...
View ArticleWhy native English speakers can learn Mandarin easily
The government, business leaders and probably your parents (if you’re at school) will tell you it’s good to learn Mandarin Chinese, but the language’s reputation as impossible may make you balk at the...
View ArticleChinese speakers use more of their brain than English speakers
If you speak Mandarin, your brain works differently. That’s according to a recent study published in the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences. The report is the first to conclude that those...
View ArticleOxford and Cambridge Unions avoid terror ban on extremist speakers
Malcolm X in Oxford, before addressing university students on the subject of extremism and liberty, 3 December 1964. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images A Home Office minister, Lord Bates, has told peers...
View ArticleBerklee College of Music announces speakers for second edition of...
Berklee College of Music, the world’s leading college of contemporary music, announces the speakers for its second TEDx event, TEDxBerkleeValencia, taking place on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 3:00pm,...
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Social Language Pairs Learners with Native Speakers for Language Exchange and...
Learning Chinese is trending, as 40 million people are reportedly studying it as second language around the world. At the same time, English learning is also a major business in China with an annual...
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Language-Learning App Duolingo to Offer a Course in Klingon for English...
Duolingo, the free user-contributed language-learning app, recently announced that they will soon be offering a course in Klingon for English Speakers. The course is currently being curated by Swiss...
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The Easiest Languages for Native English Speakers to Learn
Depending on your circumstances, some languages can be harder to grasp than others. If English is your first language, these languages are widely considered to be the easiest to learn how to speak,...
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