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Teaching English in Mexico: A Decent Living?

What's more disappointing than a person who makes a promise he can't keep? A person who makes a promise that is a lie. Many promises to make a "decent living" teaching English in Mexico are just that-a lie.If you do a phrase search on Google, "teach English in Mexico," you... Read More

Chinese Pinyin or Hanyu Pinyin Overview

Chinese Pinyin is the romanization of the Chinese "written sound". Romanization approximates Mandarin pronunciation with Western spellings and includes a tone mark to signify the pitch of a word.Just like alphabet A - Z to English, Pinyin provides a phonetic alphabet for Chinese and is taught from Grade 1 in... Read More

English Language Sputtering Online Like an Old Ford!

Sad, but true. Just about everywhere you look online, the English language is suffering a fate worse than death. The problem, in reality, is so widespread that it has begun to affect all aspects of the language. "But, what on Earth does this have to do with Internet marketing?" you... Read More

English Has Come A Long, Long Way...

I often wonder what would happen if Shakespeare were to be transported in a time machine to our world today. What would he think? How would he react?Yes, Willie would probably tell me "thou hast too much time on thy hands if thou spendeth it wondering about such flights of... Read More

Second Language Competence Beneficial but often Misunderstood

Second language learning has associated with it many types of benefits. Among them include: social, economic, intellectual and linguistic. Children who engage in second language learning typically outperform their peers in the area of vocabulary development as well as intellectual development. As important as learning a second language is, learners... Read More

Show Me the Bunny: Language Acquisition

Some children are really funny about experimenting with speech. Nonetheless, the first intelligible words bring such a feeling of elation to a parent. Come on, Sweetie. Show Mumma the bunny. Without saying a word, my little girl points to a plush rabbit.Ever since I read in a parents' newsletter that... Read More

Mexican Living: Todays Obsession

I would like to talk about one of my many obsessions: learning Spanish. I have been thinking about this lately mostly because I am under the impression that, though I've lived in Mexico for two years, my Spanish sucks in a major way.Both Mexicans and Gringos tell me that my... Read More

What Does an Interpreter Do?

Many people get confused as to the difference between an interpreter and a translator. There is a common tendency to think translators interpreter, or that interpreters translate. In fact, the two are very separate jobs requiring different skills. To explain who and/or what an interpreter as opposed to a translator... Read More

Learn Italian in Your Hometown

Are you interested in learning the Italian language right in your own hometown? There are several options that you can explore to find the Italian classes that are just perfect for you! First, you should consider whether you would you enjoy the interaction that takes place among students in group... Read More

Learn Italian in Italy

You can combine your love of the Italian language with an unforgettable experience in the country where the language is spoken by studying Italian in Italy! Hands-down, the best way to learn a foreign language is to live, work, or study in a native speaking environment. Studying Italian in Italy... Read More

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English-language education proposal has French up in arms - The Japan Times
The Japan Times
One intellectual heavyweight who jumped into the English-language teaching polemic was Jacques Attali, an adviser to late President Francois Mitterrand and a prolific author of books warning of economic doomsday or offering sweeping solutions to the ...
French-language daycare to open in London this summerLondon Community News
Quelle horreur! Passion for French may lose its raison d'etre - WA TodayWA today

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How Klingon Became a Universal Language - Mashable
Mashable
When Marc Okrand graduated from Berkeley University with a degree in linguistics decades ago, he never guessed he'd become the mastermind behind a language with one of the biggest cult followings in the world. Klingon — the official language spoken ...

Product names show language creativity at work - The Japan Times
The Japan Times
Recently I was asked to write a blurb for a new liquid plant-nutrient. As soon as I saw the name of the product, 早根早起（Hayane Hayaoki), I smiled at this example of linguistic creativity. The four characters translate loosely as “early root, early ...

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Sun News Network
Anglo-rights activists blast Quebec for new language bill
Sun News Network
MONTREAL — The Quebec government claims to be listening to the concerns of anglophones regarding a new language bill, but its actions don't reflect its words, two prominent Montreal anglo-rights activists say. Brent Tyler, a prominent Montreal-based ...

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EducationGuardian.co.uk (blog)
Beginners' guide to using technology in language lessons
EducationGuardian.co.uk (blog)
This is another fabulous way of getting the students interacting in their chosen language and is more accessible than blogging as students don't need to have good written skills to feel confident to take part. It can, of course, be combined with a blog ...

CTV News
Transit user settles with STM over language spat
CTV News
After 10 months, a Montreal public transit user has settled his language dispute with the Société de transport de Montréal. Dorion resident Michael Dunning frequently uses the Montreal metro when he's in the city, but last July, a visit to a ticket ...

Aljazeera.com
Regional language campaigners denounce France
Aljazeera.com
Campaigners for French regional language rights have called on UNESCO to grant them "cultural asylum" and accused the French state of systematic linguistic discrimination amid growing concern for the future of languages such as Breton and Occitan.

IceNews
Is Russian on its way to becoming Finland's No. 2 language?
IceNews
Finland-Russia Finland has steadily been filling up with Russian immigrants and if the trend continues, they will outnumber Swedish speakers as the largest language minority in the country. Some 60,000 Russian speakers were recorded in Finland during a ...

The National
Alarm bells over future of Arabic language
The National
By the end of this century, more than half of the world's 7,000 languages could have vanished, according to National Geographic's Disappearing Languages project. Could Arabic be one of them? With about 400 million speakers and a billion Muslims who ...

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The backlash over making language in Washington state laws gender neutral
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
OLYMPIA — When I agreed to sponsor legislation to update state statutes with gender-neutral language, I could not have imagined the backlash that would result. In phone calls and emails from people across the state and country, I've been called a host ...

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