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Issue #33 May / June 2018
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Lasciare Andare –
Learning Italian And The Art Of Letting Go
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Some people were born in the wrong country and life finds a way to correct this. Author Melissa Muldoon tells how she has adopted Italy.
A New Sicilian Author on the Horizon
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Life has a way of taking us on paths we never expected but ended up being somehow right. Bestselling author Mary Ann Vitale tells how her life brought her to writing children's books.
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Lasciare Andare –
Learning Italian And The Art Of Letting Go
Some people were born in the wrong country and life finds a way to correct this. Author Melissa Muldoon tells how she has adopted Italy.
A New Sicilian Author on the Horizon
Life has a way of taking us on paths we never expected but ended up being somehow right. Bestselling author Mary Ann Vitale tells how her life brought her to writing children's books.
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Italian Women
This special issue on Italy spends some time looking at it through the eyes of three women.
News Brief
Get the latest in world language news.
Mark Your Calendar
Find notices of upcoming language events.
In Others' Words
Deborah Caruso
For this special Italian issue, Teddy Nee interviewed Italian translator and tutor, Deborah Caruso.
Celebrations
Giostra del Saracino
Thousands of people participate in the Birkebeinerrennet, a long distance cross-country ski marathon, each year to commemorate the saving of the infant heir to the Norweg...
In Focus
Arezzo, Italy
See pictures from others' travels here and be inspired to embark on your own journeys.
Book Look
Acquisition of Word Formation Devices in First & Second Languages” (2017)
A review of Endri Shqerra's book "Acquisition of Word Formation Devices in First & Second Languages (2017)".
Book Look
Waking Isabella: Because beauty can't sleep forever
A review of Melissa Muldoon's book "Waking Isabella: Because beauty can't sleep forever".
At the Cinema
Life is Beautiful
In "Life is Beautiful", a Jewish bookstore owner protects his young son against the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp using imagination and humour.
Proverbs from the World
Italian
Proverbs add spice to languages. Tarja Jolma shares some from Italian here.
Language Puzzles
Join us here every issue for a new language puzzle
Basic Guide to Sicilian
Sicilian is a Romance language spoken by around 4.7 million people on the island of Sicily and the islands around it, which are found off the coast of southern Italy.
At A Glance
Quick look at various language websites and resources
IN OTHER ISSUES
Boredom And Classroom Students - A Teacher's Perspective
Capturing a student's attention is difficult. Keeping it is even harder. Teacher Oliver Elzingre shares some of his experiences and insights into what lies beneath the st...
Special Feature
Avoiuli
Cultures and languages influence each other, but how often does a cultural practice become a form of writing a language? On the island nation of Vanuatu, this has happene...
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...
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.
The Rosetta Stone
Triple Cypher
In Egypt, the key to unlocking the mysterious hieroglyphics, the Rosetta Stone, was caught up in the lives of a boy king, a French general, and the work of two scholars, ...
Rongorongo
Island Chants
Rongorongo is a strange writing system used in numerous texts on Easter Island which even the natives have forgotten how to read.
The Indigenous Languages of the UK
Indigenous languages are everywhere and they aren't always obscure. Trisha Dunbar writes about those of the UK and why they need protection.
More About Cognates Than You Ever Wanted to Know
Languages interact with each other, sharing aspects of grammar, writing, and vocabulary. However, coincidences also create words which only looked related. John C. Rigdon...
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