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Designer Mahmoud Tammam posed a creative challenge to himself: an experimental typographic series of Arabic illustrated words. Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
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When you think about a sentence, you usually think about words — not lines. But sentence diagramming brings geometry into grammar.
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If you're feeling particularly nationalistic, or just want to see how consistently you speak like your friends and neighbors, here are all the dialect quizzes that I could find. Find out what your dialect most resembles, and, in many cases, help science at the same time!
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This article is by Katharine B. Nielson, the chief education officer at Voxy, a language-learning company based in New York City. The global economy has created such demand for cross-cultural communication that people can’t help but pay more attention to language learning, both as a problem to solve and as a business [...]
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Back in the bad old days – by which I mean the 1990s – video education in the UK was a surreal experience. The learning programmes used in schools were
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Language learners are a brave bunch who take on one of the most daunting intellectual challenges in life. I have experience of both learning languages and helping people learn languages as well as ...
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The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings,
John Blunnie's curator insight,
July 2, 2013 11:12 AM
True names give these maps a unique and historic twist. 
Carol Thomson's curator insight,
July 17, 2013 4:57 AM
I loved looking at the map of great britain. I hope it grabs my pupils' attention as an introduction to maps. 
Amy Marques's curator insight,
July 31, 2013 7:19 PM
Great to see what the original names where! Especially for those that are similar to its current name and those that are completely irrelevant! |
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We may take it for granted that the earliest writing systems developed with the Sumerians around 3400 B.C.E. The archaeological evidence so far supports the theory. But it may also be possible that the earliest writing systems predate 5000-year-old cuneiform tablets by several thousand years. And what’s more, it may be possible, suggests paleoanthropologist Genevieve von Petzinger, that those prehistoric forms of writing, which include the earliest known hashtag marks, consisted of symbols nearly as universal as emoji.
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For all students, especially those with mental health challenges, the language of empowerment and choice contributes significantly to an environment that helps them grow toward their goals.
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Language. It's as adaptable as Darwin’s finches.
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If you're thinking of learning to code, the language you decide to pick up first has a lot to do with what you're trying to learn, what you want to do with the skill, and where you want to eventually go from there.
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Looking to pick up a second (or third) language? You have tons of options, from expensive commercial packages to free web services.
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Tips To Learning Any Language Quickly http://t.co/9UrzF4rzhp
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