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A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes to Learn Foreign Languages: From Easiest to Hardest
Do you want to speak more languages? Sure, as Sally Struthers used to say so often, we all do. (2017)
Is India a country or a continent? - Banyan
It is more integrated than the European Union, but less unified than the United States "IN A speech to London’s Constitutional Club in 1931, Win... (2017)
Milan’s beloved but endangered dialect - Losing language
THE 2015 World's Fair, held in Milan, was an unexpected success. It showcased a sleek, self-confident city, all trendy architecture and eco-friendl... (2017)
How multilingual is France? | The Economist
“HOW can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?”, Charles de Gaulle once famously complained of France. In the wake of t... (2017)
In the Land of Vendettas That Go On Forever
VQR Online, 2017: “I had flown to the Balkans in late July 2017 to learn about blood feuds, or the ancient oaths of vendetta sworn between warrin... (2017)
How many languages are there in the world?
7,099 languages are spoken today, but just 23 languages account for more than half the world’s population. Roughly a third of languages are now ... (2016)
The power of the comma
The Economist, 2017: "The punctuation mark most likely to start fights between grammar gurus (2017)
The Punctuation Guide
The web's most comprehensive guide to American punctuation. (2017)
How our brains cope with speaking more than one language - BBC Future
Speaking a second or even a third language can bring obvious advantages, but occasionally the words, grammar and even accents can get mixed up. (2022)
Consolidation in English language travel: how Covid-19 has changed the market supply
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many English language schools to close or temporarily stop offering their services to international students in th... (2021)
The way it makes her feel - Renata Flores, a Peruvian singer, embraces her Quechua heritage
Catchy lyrics in the idiom of the Inca Empire | The Americas (2021)
Computing for deaf people - The race to teach sign language to computers
Paying attention to what deaf users actually want is vital | Science & technology (2021)
Behind the painstaking process of creating Chinese computer fonts | MIT Technology Review
More than 40 years ago, designers drew and edited thousands of characters by hand to make it possible to type and print in Chinese. (2021)
Language learning startup Toucan raises $4.5M – TechCrunch
Toucan, a startup that helps users learn a new language while they browse the web, is announcing that it has raised an additional $4.5 million in s... (2021)
Why the French love to complain - BBC - Travel
In France, a complaint is an appropriate and frequent conversation starter – but the appropriateness of when, to whom and about what to complain is... (2021)
Lingoda, an on-demand online language school with live instructors and Zoom classrooms, raises $68M – TechCrunch
A startup out of Berlin that’s built and grown a successful online language learning platform based around live teachers and virtual classrooms is ... (2021)
Music and language - Grime and UK drill are exporting multicultural London English | Britain | The Economist
It has helped English rappers create a distinctive sound (2021)
Could VR Be the Missing Piece in Meaningful Language Instruction? | EdSurge News
In the early ’80s—when Euan Bonner was just five or so—he and his dad would tinker with their Commodore 64, copying code from magazines into the PC... (2021)
Fluent Forever raises $4.9M for its language learning system
Fluent Forever, a startup that uses a novel learning system to help its users master a new language faster, has raised a $4.9 million funding round... (2020)
The Long Linguistic Journey to 'Dagnabbit'
This piece of pseudo-profanity is what's known as a taboo deformation—a word we say when we don't want to say the word. (2018)
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk - The New York Times
What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map. (2020)
Why Do Canadians Say 'Eh'?
The story behind Canada’s most distinctive verbal tic. (2017)
How to Learn the Basics of Any Language in Four Steps
Four ways to learn basic fluency in any language for your next vacation so you can better interact with locals, get around, and not get ripped off. (2014)
America’s fastest growing foreign language is from south India
No, it's not Hindi. One Indian community is growing like no other in the US. Between 2010 and 2017, the number of native Telugu speakers in t... (2020)
How I learned 1500 Chinese Characters in a Month - Heisig Method Review
Before you stands a very long article in which you'll find my review and results after spending 31 days with a book called Remembering Simplified H... (2020)
Sitzfleisch: The German concept to get more work done - BBC Worklife
Angela Merkel has it in abundance – how do you cultivate this crucial skill? (2020)
How I Learned French in 12 Months
A bit over a year ago, I was a completely monolingual English speaker with zero experience with the French language. Twelve months later, I very co... (2020)
BBC - Travel - Why people think Germans aren’t funny
If the Germans have always had a funny bone in them, just how did this unfortunate stereotype come about? (2020)
Want to be more rational? Multilingualism might be the answer | World Economic Forum
We make more measured decisions when thinking in another language, but we're also less likely to be accurate, researchers say. (2019)
7 reasons to learn a foreign language
Better job prospects and richer lives are among the many reasons to learn a foreign language, an expert on foreign language instruction writes. ... (2019)
One Simple Method to Learn Any Language
Scott Young & Vat Jaiswal | TEDxEastsidePrep, Published on Apr 24, 2015 While few of us will ever take on the ambitious challenge of learning four... (2017)
Why being bilingual is good for your brain | BBC Ideas
What does bilingualism do to the brain? And are there benefits to being bilingual? Turns out there are lots of upsides. 🧠Made by Black Lab FilmsSub... (2023)
Counting to 100 in French with a NYC Cabbie
"THERE'S FOUR NUMBERS, FOR JUST ONE NUMBER" SCHOOL FRIENDLY VERSION: https://youtu.be/vx2Ru0J6I9Q Cool Camera Guy: https://www.youtube.com/user/Tri... (2019)
Y Combinator - VIPKID Cindy Mi and Qi Lu Share Advice for Entrepreneurs Building Global Companies
Y Combinator Published on Jan 16, 2019 Cindy Mi is the founder and CEO of VIPKID. VIPKID is a 1-on-1 teaching platform where children in China le... (2019)
How did English evolve? - Kate Gardoqui | TED-Ed
What is the difference between "a hearty welcome" and "a cordial reception"?... (2018)
Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern | TED-Ed
When we talk about ‘English’, we often think of it as a single language... (2018)
Audio Of The Week: Luis von Ahn, Founder and CEO of Duolingo – AVC
Luis von Ahn is a terrific entrepreneur and computer scientist. He is the founder of our portfolio company Duolingo. In this podcast he talks about... (2018)
Preply - Online language tutors
Looking for a tutor? Preply is the best platform for private online lessons with a flexible payment system and affordable prices. Book your first l... (2022)
Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation
With more than 30M tracks, YouGlish gives you fast, unbiased answers about how English is spoken by real people and in context. Use YouTube to im... (2019)
The world's largest ranking of countries and regions by English skills -- EF
The 8th edition of the EF English Proficiency Index ranks 88 countries and regions by their English skills. (2018)
SuperMemo - Want to remember everything you'll ever learn? Surrender to this algorithm.
Learn a new language at your convenience and remember it for good! Just submit to the SuperMemo algorithm. We provide you with the technology that ... (2018)
DuoLingo: Learn a language for free
Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language. It's 100% free, fun and science-based. Practice online on duolingo.com or on the apps! (2018)