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Uncover global languages with captivating interactive atlas

By admin | Published: 28 April 2011
Anyone who shares my fascination with language and uncovering the obscure will enjoy browsing the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger. There are reckoned to be over 6,000 languages in the world with some half of those under threat of extinction this century. • Jim Dickson is a director of WorldAccent Translation, London
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Bilingual brain brilliance

By admin | Published: 21 February 2011
Bilingualism has hit the headlines this weekend, with some fascinating new research findings. Bilingualism is a brilliant skill in my opinion. To be able to speak fluently in more than one language, or even to think in more than one language, not only aids communication but must surely help expand your view of the world [...]
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Japanese learning English? Yes we can!

By admin | Published: 29 January 2009
Language learners in Japan have a turned to a new book to improve their use and understanding of English: The Speeches of Barack Obama. The 95-page book and accompanying CD has become a runaway success among Japanese students of English, according to a recent BBC report. The book contains many of Obama’s speeches, dating back [...]
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More into Chinese language

By admin | Published: 9 December 2008
There is mixed news in a new report on languages in secondary schools from the National Centre for Languages (CiLT). They looked at a sample of schools across the UK in a survey they have carried out each year since 2002. First the good news. State schools in the UK are starting to offer a [...]
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