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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 LibertÃ
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
Introducing Southeast Asia in Taiwan
When people from several cultures come together, they really need a place to learn about each other. Teddy Nee writes about SEAMi, the first Southeast Asian-themed bookst...
Cracking the Code
Reading is the first skill most serious language learners master, but that doesn't mean it is easy. Its a matter of finding what works with that language and how it conne...
Coming Home to Faroese
The Why and How of Learning a Small Language
Why learn the language of a remote archipelago? Miranda Metheny explains why she learned Faroese and how it added immeasurable richness to her summer on the islands – a...
The Rosetta Stone
Triple Cypher
In Egypt, the key to unlocking the mysterious hieroglyphics, the Rosetta Stone, was caught up in the lives of a boy king, a French general, and the work of two scholars, ...
Playing Games with Language
Learning vocabulary for a new language can be boring and tedious. But what if it was fun, like a game, and you got rewards for doing it? Enter the newest trend in learnin...
Language Learning is for everyone!
You can't learn a language without resources. More importantly, you need resources that others have found useful. So how do you find them? Welcome to the Language Learnin...
Liber Linteus
Mummified Language
The Egyptians liked to preserve things, as can be seen with their pyramids and mummies. Something else they preserved, although by accident, is the longest piece of Etrus...
Revisited
Words From The Names Of Animals
Greedy as a pig. Stubborn as a mule. Crazy like a fox. People love to use animals to describe particular traits of people. This article talks about some of these in Engli...
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