By Rob Jansen - EvoLLLution. Intensive English Language Programs that lead directly to formal degree programs can provide a great deal of value to both international students and to the institutions that offer them. More...
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31 mars 2016
The joy of invented languages, from Nadsat to Newspeak
By Jim Clarke. NuqneH to Klingon speakers! (Hello, to everyone else.) What drives people to construct new languages and what are they really saying. More...30 mars 2016
La francophonie, un horizon global (1)
Par . Dans les mêmes années où les pères fondateurs de ce qui s’appellera plus tard l’Agence universitaire de la francophonie (AUF) concevaient « la création d’une communauté de langue française », selon la formule de Léopold Sédar Senghor, Albert Camus rappelait qu’il n’avait d’autre patrie que sa langue : le français. Voir l'article...30 mars 2016
Tongue-tied: Britain has forgotten how to speak to its European neighbours
By . The decline in the number of students of modern languages from GCSE to degree level is an annual lament. Only 10,328 pupils in the UK took French at A Level in 2015 and although Spanish enjoyed a rise in entries at A Level of 14%, German continued its steady decline. More...30 mars 2016
Why teachers in France should stop giving pupils outdated English names
By . It’s back to school for children in France after the half-term winter holidays, which means a return to a particular teaching tradition: giving English names to students who are learning the language for the first time. More...30 mars 2016
Teaching Mandarin in schools is another slap in the face for African languages
By , , , and . It’s said that behind every powerful language is an army and money. Consider the case of English. In South Africa, as in its other colonies, the British arrived with the Bible in one hand and the breech-loader in the other. Behind them was the English language, military might and money. More...30 mars 2016
Why it makes sense for children to learn in the language they know best
By . Research has proved repeatedly that children undoubtedly achieve much better when they start schooling in a language linked to one they can already use quite well. Using a familiar language for schooling is a big part of such success, which is why the late South African educationalist Neville Alexander advocated for mother tongue based-bilingual education. More...
30 mars 2016
What grammar pedants and fashion victims have in common
By . Language pedants who take pleasure in policing other people’s use of grammar often have an air of respectability about them, but it’s usually a sheen hiding something more pernicious. Rather than actual rules of language, pedantry deals in half-truths, conventions and arbitrary shibboleths which are too often used to embarrass or undermine.Remember this if you get pounced upon by a pedant on National Grammar Day. More...
27 mars 2016
Nonscholarly Litmus Tests for Key Scholarly Role
By Scott Jaschik. The Murty Classical Library of India has been praised as an ambitious scholarly effort to make the classics of India available in the highest-quality English translations -- and to promote more study of those classics around the world. In the series, works are presented in their original languages (which include Bangla, Hindi, Panjabi, Persian, Sanskrit, Tamil and Urdu) with English translations on opposite pages. Read more...
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