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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 LibertĂ
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
Montreal LangFest 2017: Another blowout success
Every year, an event called LangFest takes place in Montreal, Canada, to celebrate and promote language learning around the world. One of this year's organizers, Tetsu Yu...
GlobTech
Google Translate Section
GlobTech is a new column dealing with new ways of utilizing globalization technology on the internet. In this article, we look at the Google Translate Section function.
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...
Language Learning Methods
Audio
We begin our first in a series of articles about language learning methods with one of the most portable: audio.
There Are No Wrong And Right Gestures, Only Cultural Differences
Guest writer Kendal Knetemann of LingoHut gives us the meaning of 5 different hand gestures.
Languages in Peril
The Good Language of Brazil
Many of the indigenous languages of the Brazilian Amazon are dying out. EugĂȘnio Brito describes exactly what is happening to one, and what he and others are doing to sav...
How Can My Study Book Be Monolingual?
Ever seen one of those language course books which is only written in the language it is meant to be teaching? Wonder how they could be useful. Tarja Jolma shares her kno...
New Souls
A story of breaking through in language listening... and getting a new soul.
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