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Open Dictionary word of the month: shelfie
The word of the month for November will of course have to be shelfie. If you are here reading this blog then you are probably a fan of words, and whether you’re learning English or are an old pro...
View Article#108 Boletim: Everyone e Assassin’s Creed
Howdy English Experts reader! Você já ficou na dúvida se deveria tratar everyone como singular ou plural? Sim?! Então não pode perder um dos tópicos mais interessantes desta semana “Everyone é plural...
View ArticleTurbine seu inglês: Ebook sobre o Verbo GET ( GRÁTIS )
Turbine seu inglês: Ebook sobre o Verbo GET ( GRÁTIS ). Saiba como!
View ArticleBritish headlines: 18% less informative shorter
Chris Hanretty, "British headlines: 18% less informative than their American cousins", 11/29/2013: I’m currently working on a project looking at the representation of constituency opinion in...
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'Why don't they speak our bloody language?' - Sydney Morning Herald
'Why don't they speak our bloody language?'Sydney Morning HeraldMy lack of facility with foreign languages is something I regret every time I travel to a non-English speaking destination. It's not as...
View ArticleSpeaker Spotlight: John Felahi – Making content findable
In another installment of Speaker Spotlight, we posed a couple of our frequently asked questions to speaker John Felahi, Chief Strategy Officer at Content Analyst Company, LLC. We’ve included his...
View ArticleNovember’s Chatterbox: How to Delay Dementia, Italian Language Games,...
Welcome to this month’s Chatterbox! We’ve got all the important language learning news, scientific developments and advice, as well as a blog we love and a heads-up on the best online competitions of...
View ArticleLanguage and words in the news – 29th November, 2013
This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language...
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Language and words in the news – 29th November, 2013
This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language...
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Professor promotes African Studies at UGA - Red and Black
Professor promotes African Studies at UGARed and Black“Because the [Yoruba] language program has grown very well, it's no longer possible for me to actually teach linguistics classes because I'm...
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The Most Effective Way to Learn a Foreign Language - Newsday
The Most Effective Way to Learn a Foreign LanguageNewsdayCountless people struggle when trying to learn a foreign language. Many fail to acquire conversational proficiency even after years of classes....
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Portland schools consider requiring internships, service, 2nd language to...
Portland schools consider requiring internships, service, 2nd language to graduateBangor Daily NewsPORTLAND, Maine — Future Portland high school students may be required to complete internships,...
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Sign Language Interpreter's Moves a Hit in Concert - ABC News
CTV NewsSign Language Interpreter's Moves a Hit in ConcertABC NewsTeaming American Sign Language with dance moves and body language, she brings musical performances alive for those who can't hear. Her...
View ArticleCODE SWITCHING.
A friend writes:As a meta-observation, one of the reasons I enjoy writing to you so much is that I can use my inner language — which is a mixture of Russian and English. There is something very...
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Blackfoot Language Preservationist Dies - Indian Country Today Media Network
Blackfoot Language Preservationist DiesIndian Country Today Media Network“You don't have to ask permission to speak your language, educators must take it upon themselves to ensure their tribal customs...
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Replace or Hazard?
Here’s a Chinese public service poster that uses a pun to get its point across: The big text reads: 你是要换， [Do you want to replace it,] 还是要患？ [or do you want a (safety) hazard?] So the key here is that...
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A lesson in linguistics - Lincolnton Journal
A lesson in linguisticsLincolnton JournalCarrie Bradley's Spanish 3 class at LCHS participated in an exercise where the students had to give directions in Spanish to their blindfolded classmates....
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"Wow, is that old place still around?"
You're visiting the town where you went to college many years ago. You're riding around the town with a college friend who still lives there. You ride past a book store that you used to go to a lot,...
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Love Returns Home
This Family Mart ad reads: 爱 ♥ 回家 [literally, "love" ♥ "return home"] The character 回 has been converted into a little house, presumably because it’s a lot easier to do with 回 than with 家! The ad is...
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The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice w/CD-ROM
The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice, CD-ROM Edition, will transform the way you look at Spanish grammar--from a set of easily forgotten rules into stepping stones toward accurate and confident...
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