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Knowledge of major languages for national security, diplomatic stability and international reliability is as important as bearing arms in war zones. Apart from serving the purpose of communication, languages are also recognized as powerful security enablers in diplomatic settings.
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With the economy imploding and the stock market down 27% since its February peak, online language learning startup Duolingo’s fortunes are on a dramatic upswing. Founded in 2011 by Macarthur genius computer whiz Luis von Ahn, 40, the Pittsburgh-based company makes the world’s most popular education app, with 30 million active monthly users. It offers instruction in 36 languages, including fantasy tongues like High Valyrian from Game of Thrones.
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Second Language is the result of the producer and DJ’s fascination with language and translation, a byproduct of picking up German.
He’s been communicating his ideas through sound for some eight years or so, breaking through with off-techno 12-inches for quirky, peripherally club-oriented labels the Trilogy Tapes and Whities.
Writing on the backburner and DJing paying the bills, he has one of electronica’s more peculiar and curious albums to show for his transition to the studio.
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PDF #68 – L G Kelly – 25 centuries of language teaching
In a coherent system of education the approach to any discipline is governed by four factors: the aim of the system as a whole, the relevance of the discipline under discussion, theoretical findings in the sciences on which the discipline rests, and the availability of research results to teachers in the classroom.
Language education is the process and practice of teaching a second or foreign language. It is primarily a branch of applied linguistics, but can be an interdisciplinary field. There are four main learning categories for language education: communicative competencies, proficiencies, cross-cultural experiences, and multiple literacies.
Increasing globalization has created a great need for people in the workforce who can communicate in multiple languages. Common languages are used in areas such as trade, tourism, international relations, technology, media, and science. Many countries such as Korea (Kim Yeong-seo, 2009), Japan (Kubota, 1998) and China (Kirkpatrick & Zhichang, 2002) frame education policies to teach at least one foreign language at the primary and secondary school levels. However, some countries such as India, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the Philippines use a second official language in their governments. According to GAO (2010), China has recently been putting enormous importance on foreign language learning, especially the English language.
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Human language is a means of communication which is not witnessed to the same extent in much of the rest of the animal kingdom.
It allows usr an intimate understanding of each other, enabling an individual to express emotions that physical movement is incapable of conveying and without language, our species would not be nearly as advanced as it is.
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Mary Ann Shea reflects on her career promoting student-centered teaching and learning at CU. From 1986 to 2020, FTEP offered faculty programming centered on evidence-based teaching practices while developing an understanding of how students learn best to support student success. CU Boulder’s new Center for Teaching & Learning will continue FTEP’s mission of supporting faculty in the classroom.
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Toronto-based education technology company has a suite of products designed to teach English to a global population.
Novel speech recognition technology allows users to analyze pronunciation and simulate real-life conversation scenarios.
Major strategic partnerships in South America and China, which are its main target markets.
What Lingo Media does: Lingo Media is an education technology company which develops English language learning products to support learners — from classroom to boardroom
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We all know that mother tongue is best if we want to understand the complicated concepts, explain difficult ideas or want to express true feelings. A lot of nations, mainly the nations which were colonized, in Asia and Africa, continue to use the language of colonial powers, even after independence.
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Barbara Nolan says she is grateful to have survived attempts by Canada’s Indian residential school system to take her language away from her.
Nolan was born and raised in South Bay on the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island. She didn’t know a word of English until she was sent to residential school in Spanish, Ont. when she was five years old. She spent four years in Spanish until she went back to Wikwemikong where she was bused to school.
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Martin Johnes, one of our leading historians, made a passionate plea in these pages for greater understanding about the role of communities in the historical decline of the Welsh Language.
He reminded us that the whole question of decline is more than history -it is “an emotive topic”. He highlighted that English migration forces were the most powerful change agents in the decline – much more than the official language of school instruction being changed to English.
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