Gordana Popovic writes about the discovery technique i.e. the ways to encourage students “to work out for themselves how language forms are constructed and used”. How does it work? ...
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This chart shows the lexical distance — that is, the degree of overall vocabulary divergence — among the major languages of Europe. The size of each circle represents the number of speakers ... 
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If words are just the tip of the iceberg, what lies underneath? If you liked this, check out: http://www.shankerinstitute.org/early-childhood-education/ and
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Challenge yourself to identify some eighty languages by their sound alone. Learn more about how languages sound and where they're spoken.
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The 6th Virtual Round Table Web Conference on language learning technologies welcomed an attendance of 628 participants in Adobe Connect and 155 participants on livestream on facebook. For those who missed it and would like to recap the program, all of the sessions were recorded.
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Some people (mainly Brits, talk about some of the disgusting Americanisms that have entered our wonderful rich English (belongs to the English right!) tongue. Some people work themselves into a frenzy about the heinous use of less when fewer must be used. I wonder if communication has ever broken down because of this confusion? - Dylan Gates
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Professor David Crystal, one of the world's leading linguistic experts, challenges the myth that new communication technologies are destroying language...
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An incredible resource to visualize the linguistic similarities between European languages all on one interactive map. Just type in an English word or phrase as it will translate it for you and place the results on the map.
Claire Law's curator insight,
April 26, 2015 2:30 AM
Lots of fun to visualise linguistic similarities and variability across a region.
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A. Weiler: Concentrating on vocabulary learning to the exclusion of all else is a common mistake that many language learners make. That is not surprising as I have seen so much emphasis made in language learning books and courses, about the importance of vocabulary. There is no doubt about the importance of vocabulary. However I feel that its importance has been and is being overemphasised to the detriment of the development language proficiency in the learner.
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The latest language knowledge statistics for Europe. Find out which languages are most widely spoken in Europe, see how it's evolving from one generation to another, and compare mother tongue vs. learned.
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A podcast titled Don't Mind Your Language, in which Stephen Fry discussed the origins of his own linguistic style.
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Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate “sound systems” for each language, according to new research conducted at the University of Arizona. ...
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University of Melbourne graduate student Sara Ciesielski explains how children growing up in the Sherpa culture learn a lot more than words from their elders. Research like Sara’s is important because it shows that there is more than one way to raise a child to speak a language and that there are so many other factors as well. Sara was one of the winners of the PhD Comics two minute thesis competition, which is why her discussion of her research has been so wonderfully animated by Jorge Cham. (via http://goo.gl/x1APY)
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