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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #13 January / February 2015
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Chatting in Languages Online
Part 1: Text Chats
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Practising a language with another person is a crucial part in the learning process, and using various text chat methods online can greatly help this. However, there are also some issues that come with these online chats rooms.
Why Do People Learn Languages?
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People who study languages beyond just their native one ask many questions regarding which languages are the best or worst to learn. But why do these people actually learn another language?
The Question Of Practice
An International Language Is Possible
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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 introduced.
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Chatting in Languages Online
Part 1: Text Chats
Practising a language with another person is a crucial part in the learning process, and using various text chat methods online can greatly help this. However, there are also some issues that come with these online chats rooms.
Why Do People Learn Languages?
People who study languages beyond just their native one ask many questions regarding which languages are the best or worst to learn. But why do these people actually learn another language?
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 introduced.
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Thirteen
This is the thirteenth issue of Parrot Time, which might have a special meaning for those who are superstitious.
At the Cinema
Chinese Puzzle
Life for Frenchmen Xavier never seems to go easily. Just when he thinks he has his life settled, it gets upturned as his wife moves to America and he follows in this thir...
Celebrations
Fastelavn
The Danish have a festival that is similar to Carnival, in which they dress up in costumes and have a big party. But the Danish also include a sweet pastry - and a cat - ...
Words in Your Mouth
Cheese
Cheese is the most popular dairy product in the world, besides milk. We eat it in, on top, and along side our meals. It tops out pizzas and complements our wine. Now find...
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
Google Translate Exposed:
The Truth Behind Everyone's Favorite Translator
While being the most used machine translation service in the world, Google Translate has both good and bad aspects. Guest writer Paul pulls back the digital curtain to sh...
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.
The Secret Life of Diacritics
Ever look at a word and see little marks about certain letters, like a squiggly line or a pair of dots? Ever wonder what they are and why they are there? Welcome to the s...
The Ethics of Language Teaching
Most of the time, we declare that teaching another is a beneficial action. But what about when that teaching is at the cost of another people's language or culture? Olivi...
How Do You Say It?
A look at sound notation systems
A new language means new words, new grammar, and new sounds. But how do learn to pronounce those new sounds if you only have written resources? We look at some common sou...
Building a Language Dream
LingoHut started with an idea from two people united to help others like them. This is how it began.
Languages in Peril
Decline of the Gallo-Italics
Not all endangered languages are brought to the edge because they are forbidden by a dominating conqueror. Sometimes, they just can't compete with a more popular rival la...
Fiverr and Languages:
Finding Translators on the Mini Jobs Network
One person's experience with using Fiverr for small jobs, including translating and proofreading foreign texts.
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