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Wall Street Journal

Never Too Late to Learn
Wall Street Journal
The science shows that, at least for learning a language, we don't suddenly lose our plasticity and ability to learn at the end of the critical period. The falloff is often gradual. Relatedly, complex activities such as language and music involve many ...


Md. school is latest in D.C. area to add Chinese
WTOP
Instead, the answer came in another language gaining popularity in American classrooms. "Yuan xing!" shouted a little girl in a blue-and-white uniform who wears tiny cornrows in her hair. "Yuan xing!" the others, sitting on the floor in front of the ...

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PolicyMic

The old days are gone, pet: it's time we talked the talk
This is Staffordshire
The last government made learning foreign languages optional in England. But there is evidence of an overall decline in the number of students taking GCSEs in languages, with statistics showing a fall from 61 per cent in 2005 to 44 per cent in 2010.
Should English Be the Official Language of the United States?PolicyMic

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The Atlantic

Translating the Bible—Into an E-Book That Works on Any Phone
The Atlantic
Over the past several decades missionary groups like the Wycliffe Bible Translators have sometimes been among the first visitors to remote cultures to learn those cultures' languages -- and to do some pretty thorough (though often amateurish) ...

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Rochdale soldier helps Afghan general learn English
Rochdale Online
The commander speaks several languages, including Russian, Farsi, and the Afghan languages Pashtun and Dari. He is keen to learn English to bridge the communication gap with his British and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) colleagues.

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Rediff

Here's why you MUST learn a foreign language
Rediff
Learning a foreign language can enable you to be a translator, interpreter, language teacher or linguist. Globalisation has meant a boom time for those who know languages of developed or emerging economics. Illustrations by Uttam Ghosh Call centres and ...

 


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