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Hawaiian is often offered up as a language revitalization success story, a model for other endangered languages to follow. The decline of the language…
04 Nov In Facts, Language No commentHawaiian is often offered up as a language revitalization success story, a model for other endangered languages to follow. The decline of the language…
04 Nov In Facts, Language No commentThe first thing I’d like to say about mind mapping is how upset I am for not knowing about it sooner! Why wasn’t it taught…
26 Oct In Facts, Language, Learning, Uncategorized No commentOne of the best things about learning a new language is discovering words with no equivalent in your native tongue. After all, they end up…
18 Oct In Facts, Language No commentA language exchange is a method of language learning through mutual incentive to practice one’s target language. For example, let’s say an English-speaking person…
11 Oct In Entrepreneurs, Language, Learning No commentIf you’re looking to learn a language for work-related reasons, whether it is business or governmental, it’s possible to infer what languages might be the…
04 Oct In Facts, Language, Learning, Uncategorized No commentIdioms are those phrases that mean more than the sum of their words. As our Open Translation Project volunteers translate TED Talks into 105 languages, they’re often…
23 Sep In Facts, Language, translator, Uncategorized No commentInventing a language from scratch might seem like an odd way to spend your time, but there are good reasons to do it. People create…
13 Sep In Facts, Language, Uncategorized No commentIf you read a sentence (such as this one) about kicking a ball, neurons related to the motor function of your leg and foot will…
08 Sep In Facts, Language No commentIn addition to making you a better communicator, problem solver and team player, emotional intelligence allows you to step into other peoples’ shoes and walk…
30 Aug In Entrepreneurs, Facts, Language No comment