Source: Language Rich Europe Posted on April 5, 2012 by Kirsi Suutarinen A couple of weeks ago I overheard an interesting conversation while sitting in the park. Afterwards, I started to wonder if what I heard was just a one off example of special kind of language use or nothing special these days, and that’s when I decided to discuss the matter here in the hope of...
26 March 2012, The Linguist Blog A former Mayor of Vancouver has launched a program called "greeting fluency" in which he wants to encourage people in Vancouver to learn to greet one another in different languages. Being able to say "hello" and "how are you", without any chance of understanding the response, and without really knowing how you sound,...
Aktuelle EX-word Studie zeigt: Deutsche setzen bei Fremdsprachen auf Spanisch statt auf Französisch. Mehr zu: Fremdsprachen, Sonderthemen Norderstedt, 27.03.2012 - Spanisch ist nach Englisch die beliebteste Fremdsprache in Deutschland. Das zeigt die aktuelle EX-word Studie, für die Forsa im Auftrag von CASIO 1.004 Personen ab 14 Jahren befragt...
'I'm often asked what the secret is. The truth is it's mostly down to endless hours of reading, studying and practising grammar' Alexander Arguelles guardian.co.uk I've been obsessed with languages for as long as I can remember. My family travelled a lot when I was young and my dad, a self-taught polyglot, would talk to everyone we met with apparent ease,...
22. März, 2012, Online Sprachen Lernen Eine Fremdsprache zu erlernen ist oft sehr anstrengend und erfordert viel Zeit und Geduld. Der Sprachunterricht in der Schule oder in Sprachkursen ist meist langweilig und wenig effektiv. Selbstständig Vokabeln oder Grammatikregeln zu lernen macht nur den wenigsten Menschen Spaß. Doch gibt es viele andere Möglichkeiten,...
Source: Blog "The Polyglot Dream", March 12th 2012, guest post by Jana Fadness Jana and I met in Paris a few months ago. She is an American language lover who has a great blog and has created some fascinating YouTube videos (like this one), as well. Jana is a language learner with clear goals as you will see. Enjoy the following post First things first:...
March 9, 2012 The answer, neurolinguists are now discovering, is a bit of both, said Loraine Obler, a linguist and a professor at the City University of New York who has studied bilingualism’s effect on the brain. “There are people whose brains are set up to do language learning,” she said, “the same way some people are more talented at drawing.” Also,...
Von Rüdiger Busch Hardheim. In unserer globalen Welt, die immer enger zusammenrückt, kommt dem Erlernen von Fremdsprachen eine immer größere Bedeutung zu. Auch aus diesem Grund fördert das Kultusministerium seit 2007 bilinguale - also zweisprachige - Züge an Realschulen. Als eine von neun Schulen, die sich ab dem kommenden Schuljahr...
By Vanessa Barford
Many people want to speak a second language, but for some people two can never be enough. Welcome to the world of the hyperpolyglot.
See article and video of Alex Rawlings demonstrating his skills in 11 languages...
Als we het hebben over meertaligheid, denken we vaak aan twee of drie
talen. Maar er zijn ook mensen die het daar niet bij laten. Op de BBC-website verscheen een filmpje van iemand die maar liefst 11 talen vloeiend spreekt, Nederlands en Afrikaans incluis.
Geplaatst op 23 februari 2012 (Tekstbureau, teksttalenten) Alex Rawlings spreekt elf talen vloeiend. De 20-jarige Brit leert moeiteloos nieuwe talen en schakelt probleemloos over van de ene naar de andere taal. Ook het Nederlands beheerst hij. In het onderstaande filmpje legt Alex aan een filmcrew van de BBC in diverse talen (waaronder Nederlands) uit hoe hij al die talen...
... ou : Mais où est passée Lili Marleen ? 3 février 2012 A en croire les médias, nous vivrions quasiment sous occupation allemande... Les Guignols s'en donnent à cœur joie en maltraitant cette pauvre chancelière, dont personne ne prononce pourtant le prénom correctement, la nommant "Andjéla", comme s'il...
Source: Multilingual Living by contributor on February 6, 2012 · 0 comments Prof. Jean-Marc Dewaele and his daughter Livia By Clo Originally published in Multilingual Living Magazine In my constant quest of knowledge to better understand the different and complex facets of multilingualism, I stumbled across a very informational paper by Dr. Jean-Marc...
23/01/2012
Katja Bobyleva is een Russische. Haar vriend Sylvain Kragbe komt uit Ivoorkust. Zij spreekt Russisch met de kinderen, hij Frans. Met elkaar spreken ze Nederlands.
David Lienemann for The New York Times In a recent essay in The Times, Lawrence Summers, the former president of Harvard University, wrote about preparing American students for the future. In the essay, he said that international experience was essential, arguing that English’s emergence as the global language makes the investment in other languages less essential....
Published January 14th Michael Erard is the author of the book "Babel no more" See : The gift of tongues (The Economist) and The Art of Mastering Many Tongues (NY Times) AMERICANS are often told that in today’s globalized world, we are at a competitive disadvantage because of our lazy monolingualism. “For too long, Americans have relied on other...
What makes some people learn language after language? Dec 31st 2011 Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners. By Michael Erard. Free Press; 306 pages; $25.99. Buy from Amazon.com CARDINAL MEZZOFANTI of Bologna was a secular saint. Though he never performed the kind of miracle needed to be officially canonised, his power was close to...
By PETER CONSTANTINE Published: January 20, 2012 Among the most surprising qualities of “Babel No More,” Michael Erard’s globe-trekking adventure in search of the world’s virtuosos of language learning, is that a book dealing with language acquisition and polyglot linguistics can be so gripping. But indeed it is — part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual...
dinsdag, 10 januari 2012 Paramaribo - Negentig procent van de Surinamers spreekt thuis twee talen en bijna de helft zelfs drie of meer. Dat blijkt uit een enquête die de Nederlandse Taalunie publiceert in Taalpeil 2011, de jaarlijkse krant over het Nederlands. In Nederland en Vlaanderen is meertaligheid nog niet tot het dagelijkse leven van iedereen doorgedrongen, blijkt...
Source: Plurilingualism at the University of Almería We already know how language learning is in Spain and specially, at the University of Almería…But would you like to find out how it is in other countries? Come and Discover it with us! This week Hungary, by Réka Marincsak, Team member of the Plurilingualism Promotion Plan. Read more......
Huffington Post, January 12 2012 By Nataly Kelly Admit it. At one point or another, the words "Learn a new language," have appeared on your list of New Year's Resolutions. Like most resolutions made with the best of intentions, this one frequently fizzles out well before the year comes to an end. But speaking multiple languages is not uncommon -- it's the normal...
... verstaan we elkaar ? Posted on November 29, 2011 by Kirsi Suutarinen on Language Rich Europe blog Volgend bericht werd geschreven door Aleksandra Parcinska, Project Manager Language Rich Europe in British Council Netherlands. Ze schrijft over taaltoetsen en meertaligheid in Nederland, waarover een congres werd gehouden op 10 november in Den Haag. Lees...
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