Word of the day: Kalashnikov
"No matter what they do in Russia, it turns out looking like a Kalashnikov" Vladimir Putin When President Putin commented last week that Russia’s Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games looked like a...
View ArticleŚmiejemy się. Po swojemu
Kiedy już wszyscy myśleli, że Polska mówi jednym językiem i nawet polskie gwary zanikły pod wpływem telewizji i szkoły, nagle pojawił się Internet, Facebook... i memy internetowe. Pojęcie memu...
View ArticlePoland laughs an indigenous laugh
Just about the time when everyone thought Poland was speaking pretty much one language, and even dialects of Polish had faded away under the pressure from television and education, all of a sudden...
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Relax, repeat, remember: What I'm learning from Fluency MC
Hello lovely blog readers, I hope you had the chance to take in a little bit of the cool language learning methods introduced by Jason Levine, the Fluency MC, on Monday. For me, it's definitely been a...
View ArticleStories behind Words: box
2009 was a singular year in my life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to stay home during the treatment. As I couldn’t be in a real classroom, I moderated an online course for teachers....
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Stories behind Words: box
2009 was a singular year in my life. I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to stay home during the treatment. As I couldn’t be in a real classroom, I moderated an online course for teachers....
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Spanish Language Practice Tests: Learn Your Spanish Level
The post Spanish Language Practice Tests: Learn Your Spanish Level appeared first on Speaking Latino. For your spanish dictionary go to SpeakingLatino.com.If you have been taking Spanish classes or...
View ArticlePor que brasileiro não aprende inglês?
Dias atrás, ao ser entrevistado por um programa de TV, o repórter perguntou: “Denilso, por que brasileiro não aprende inglês?“. Dei lá minha resposta, mas isso ficou martelando na minha cabeça!...
View ArticleLong is good, good is bad, nice is worse, and ! is questionable
Sanette Tanaka, "Fancy Real-Estate Listing, Fancier Verbiage", WSJ 6/6/2013: Savvy real-estate agents know it's not just what you say. It's how long it takes you to say it. More-expensive homes go...
View ArticleTop 100 Language Lovers 2013 – The Results!
The results of The Top 100 Language Lovers 2013 competition are finally in. Congratulations to all of you who took part in this competition. Also thank you very much for participating, nominating,...
View ArticleDrinking and dialect
There's a lot of cool research on intoxicated speech and I figured it'd be in the news as progress is made, but I didn't particularly expect it to come like this article called 'Hey, y'all!' Why 'yous...
View ArticleDouble Oxymoron
I saw this business name on the side of a truck while we were both on the 880 freeway somewhere in Oakland, and it made my day. Logo for Fighting Amish Electric in South Berkeley. Slogan: “Amish...
View ArticleJLPT BC 115 | 5 More Things I Wish I had Known
Okay, so I said I had a top 10 list of things I wish I had known and I did have a top ten list of things. But, through the process of writing up and thinking about those top ten things, I happened to...
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5 things to consider when translating e-learning content
SPBT 2013 confirmed that pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers are embracing e-learning and CBT like never before. Many newcomers to language and translation view overseas support as a...
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Mountains shape the sound of language, says study - NBCNews.com (blog)
Smithsonian (blog)Mountains shape the sound of language, says studyNBCNews.com (blog)Caleb Everett, an anthropological linguist at the University of Miami, studied the correlation between languages...
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Altitude may affect the way language is spoken
Until recently most linguists believed that the relationship between the structure of language and the natural world was mainly the influence of the environment on vocabulary. Now, a new study shows...
View ArticleCASTAGNA'S MALTESE.
Giovanni Bonello, "a recently retired, one-time judge on the European Court of Human Rights and gentleman scholar of all things Maltese, which he writes up for a popular audience with widespread...
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8 Reasons Spanish Isn't A Foreign Language In The US (SLIDESHOW) - Huffington...
Party for Socialism and Liberation8 Reasons Spanish Isn't A Foreign Language In The US (SLIDESHOW)Huffington PostAll European languages, on the other hand, are more foreign to North America than Karuk,...
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The Washington Post misleads readers on linguistics - UT The Daily Texan
The Washington Post misleads readers on linguisticsUT The Daily TexanYou'd be hard pressed to find anyone outside the field of linguistics who can accurately describe what linguists actually do, which...
View ArticleThank You for Voting: Top Language Lovers of 2013
Thank You for Voting: Top 25 Language Lovers of 2013… This year WLT came 14th in the Top 25 Language Learning Blogs of 2013. Not too shabby, considering all the wonderful blogs entered in the...
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