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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #14 March / April 2015
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FEATURED
Are You Wasting Your Money on Language Classes?
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The traditional approach to learning a new language is to attend classed for it. But is spending the time and money taking those classes really worth it, or are you wasting your time?
Chatting in Languages Online
Part 2: Voice Chats
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This is the second part of our article on online chats. It talks about using voice chats, specifically Team Speak and Skype, and the problems with getting people using them.
Why English Is Different Than Any Other Language
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Guest writer Agnieszka Karch relates how she first became interested in other languages and how learning English was different than the others for her.
The Digital Language Collective
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While there are so many people competing to be the best in their field, when the goal is to help others learn, sometimes a better alternative is working together. The Digital Language Collective is a new initiative to unite language bloggers and website builders to help each other do better.
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Are You Wasting Your Money on Language Classes?
The traditional approach to learning a new language is to attend classed for it. But is spending the time and money taking those classes really worth it, or are you wasting your time?
Chatting in Languages Online
Part 2: Voice Chats
This is the second part of our article on online chats. It talks about using voice chats, specifically Team Speak and Skype, and the problems with getting people using them.
Why English Is Different Than Any Other Language
Guest writer Agnieszka Karch relates how she first became interested in other languages and how learning English was different than the others for her.
The Digital Language Collective
While there are so many people competing to be the best in their field, when the goal is to help others learn, sometimes a better alternative is working together. The Digital Language Collective is a new initiative to unite language bloggers and website builders to help each other do better.
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Breaking with Tradition
Traditions are important, but sometimes we must break them to progress.
At the Cinema
Viva La Libertà
Politics can be a crazy business, so when a failing senator takes a sudden leave of absence, why not bring in his slightly crazy twin brother to replace him?
Languages in Peril
The Tribes of the Tamil-Kannada
In the hills of southern India are three isolated but ancient languages and people. They are not as famous as their larger brothers, and so these Tamil-Kannada languages ...
Words in Your Mouth
Rice
The etymology of rice is rather clear, but its origins are a little grainy. Find the history of the word in many languages.
Where Are You?
Guess the city and country from the article and picture.
Book Look
A short review of language related books.
IN OTHER ISSUES
Revisited
Words Which Have Changed Their Meaning
Languages are constantly changing. Even while they adopt words from other languages or create new ones, some words also change their meanings.
Which Language Is...?
People love to ask questions about languages and language learning. There are a variety of them that really can't be answered, and it those that we will attempt to answer...
The Question Of Practice
An International Language Is Possible
This excerpt from "International Language - Past, Present & Future" by W. J. Clark, 1907, shows us how International Auxiliary Languages were viewed when they were first ...
Interesting Facts About Vurës
An Indigenous Language of Vanuatu
Daniel Krauße shares his experience and knowledge of the Austronesian language Vurës, which is spoken on Vanua Lava Island in Vanuatu.
Language Learning In The Globalization Era:
Translation, Culture And Power Relations
Though language learning is considered, by many, as an entertainment, it is also a political action by which the learner becomes either empowered or a subject.
Dream, decide, do - tips from a polyglot
Polyglot and CEO of Europeonline gives us her list of tips on how to learn languages and become inspired for life!
Otto Jespersen
Progress of Language
Otto Jespersen was a Danish linguist who was not only active in language teaching reform but also instrumental in the creation of the international phonetic alphabet and ...
Danish and Faroese: A Biography
The primary language of a country is not always easily decided upon; sometimes, two languages compete for dominance. In the Faroe Islands, historically under Danish rule,...
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