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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #22 July / August 2016
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FEATURED
Learning A Language Is Learning Its Culture
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Many people learn a language as part of a learning a country's culture. Guest writer Lucia Leite explains how language and culture are tied even more directly than we think.
Revisited
Early Bardic Literature in Ireland
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The literature of a country is often founded firmly in the history and even the land of the country itself. In Ireland, the richness of the recorded history acutely mingles with the myths, as Standish O'Grady describes in this exerpt.
Languages in Peril
Save Medan Hokkien!
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Guest writer Teddy Nee talks about the endangered language of Medan Hokkien and it's importance to him personally.
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Learning A Language Is Learning Its Culture
Many people learn a language as part of a learning a country's culture. Guest writer Lucia Leite explains how language and culture are tied even more directly than we think.
Revisited
Early Bardic Literature in Ireland
The literature of a country is often founded firmly in the history and even the land of the country itself. In Ireland, the richness of the recorded history acutely mingles with the myths, as Standish O'Grady describes in this exerpt.
Languages in Peril
Save Medan Hokkien!
Guest writer Teddy Nee talks about the endangered language of Medan Hokkien and it's importance to him personally.
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Culture and Language, Again
Languages and culture, culture and languages. Two great things that go great together. Which is a good thing, since it seems impossible to separate them.
In Others' Words
Ulrike and Peter Rettig
In this issue, we interview Ulrike and Peter Rettig, owners of "Games for Languages". They talk about their personal backgrounds which brought them to languages, why they...
At the Cinema
Monster Hunt
China's most successful film comes from an unlikely place: a story about the hunt for a baby monster by both monsters and humans in the distant past.
Where Are You?
Guess the city and country from the article and picture.
Book Look
Language Alter Ego
A review of Ekaterina Matveeva's book "Language Alter Ego".
Basic Guide to Italian
Italian is a Romance language, spoken mostly in Italy. Here are some beginner words and phrases in Italian for a basic introduction to it.
At A Glance
Quick look at various language websites and resources
IN OTHER ISSUES
Revisited
Stories In The Names Of Places
Every place, from small towns to entire continents, have names, and those names have stories behind them. We look at where some of the world's place names come from in En...
Language Learning Methods
Immersion
The sixth and final article in our series on language learning methods is about probably the best and most difficult: immersion.
Playing Games with Language
Learning vocabulary for a new language can be boring and tedious. But what if it was fun, like a game, and you got rewards for doing it? Enter the newest trend in learnin...
Coming Home to Faroese
The Why and How of Learning a Small Language
Why learn the language of a remote archipelago? Miranda Metheny explains why she learned Faroese and how it added immeasurable richness to her summer on the islands – a...
Building a Language Dream
LingoHut started with an idea from two people united to help others like them. This is how it began.
A History of the Language of the Roma
The Roma people, commonly known as Gypsies, have their own language with an interesting history.
Benjamin Whorf
Relativity of Language
Whorf took a very unconventional approach to studying linguistics, both in the manner in which he started and the views he took. His work extended into several fields and...
When Pigs Fly
One of the hardest parts of becoming fluent in another language is becoming able to properly use and understand figurative language. In this article, Tarja Jolma shares h...
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