Productive lockdown and gender-neutral issues
It’s called “productive lockdown”, when most of us have to stay at home we find ourselves with time on our hands, so we can do all the things we always …
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According to the United Nations, one indigenous language dies every two weeks, mostly amidst general indifference. That is what almost happened to Hawaiian, a few decades ago, before it was …
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Whistled Turkish and brain processing
Languages are a bit like animal species, they disappear from the surface of the Earth at an alarming rate. And just like animal species, the study of a rare language …
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Why Is English So Hard to Learn?
Anyone who has had a conversation with someone who speaks English as a second language is likely to have heard the same complaint: English is one of the toughest languages …
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New Language Learning Apps Gain Traction (and Funding)
The last few years have seen many changes in the way technology plays a role in language learning, but this trend looks set to go to a new level. A …
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Compulsory Second Language for NZ Students?
Education groups in New Zealand are lobbying to make learning a second language compulsory for all NZ students. The push comes after both Britain and Australia have made the move. …
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Learning Teaching Innovations: The Rise of Digital Storytelling
Teachers are always on the lookout for ways they can get more response and engagement from their pupils, and ultimately produce better learning results. The latest generation of students going …
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The alphabets of the world
There are over 46 different alphabets used in the world today. An alphabet can be defined as a given set of letters or symbols which are used to write a …
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Choosing the primary language of instruction in schools
At English Martyrs, a Birmingham primary school, pupils speak a total of 31 different languages. The dialects spoken range from Afrikaans to Arabic, Somali, Spanish and Tamil. Urdu is one …
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Endangered languages
There are currently 7,000 languages spoken in the world today. It has been predicted that half of these languages will disappear by the end of this century. Right now, one …
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