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Parents’ Accents Affect Babies
A new study reveals that multi-accent language exposure affects word form recognition in infancy. The study, published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society...
Chinese Dialects Honored in Film
Last month’s Zurong Dialect Film Festival, one of China’s campaigns to preserve language diversity, received 582 entries featuring various dialects in just its second...
UCLA to Create Center for Greek Culture
A $5 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation will enable UCLA to create a center for the study of Hellenic culture, which will...
Dutch Courage? Alcohol May Actually Help Improve Foreign-Language Skills
It’s a popular belief that alcohol helps improve speaking skills for a foreign language, but the belief can be easily passed off as a...
Study reveals how bilinguals use emoticons to find consensus
UAlbany professor part of team looking at collaboration among astrophysicists in the United States and France
Co-authors on the article are Cecilia R. Aragon and...
Mothers Across Languages Use Similar Tones With Babies
A new study shows that mothers change the timbre of their voices when speaking to babies, no matter what language they speak. The study...
Italian Language Week Celebration Begins
The 17th Annual Week of the Italian Language in the World from October 16-21, 2017 is a cultural event which promotes Italian not only...
US Leaves Education, Science, Culture Organization
Following in President Reagan’s footsteps, the Trump administration has announced the U.S. intention to withdraw from United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in...
Get In Touch With Spanish Heritage With Flamenco Lessons
Readers in Los Angeles have the opportunity to experience an eye opening cultural experience through dance and storytelling. Attendees can live the Spanish language...
Using a Broad Brush
Language Teaching Insights from Other Fields: Psychology, Business, Brain Science, and More. Language...
Curbing Censorship during Banned Books Week
The American Library Association (ALA) held Banned Books Week from September 21 to 27. Surprisingly, the ALA reports that since 1990, their Office for...
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