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The Thinking of Speaking
Issue #16 July / August 2015
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FEATURED
Polyglot Events All Around The World
Sometimes when we study independently, we can feel isolated in our language pursuits. However, as Jimmy Mello shows us, there are language meetings going on all around the world, and we are not alone!
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 learning: gamification.
Spanish E-training – The 'Big Bang' Investment
How can organizations prepare employees to communicate in Spanish to see top-line growth? Guest writer Kendal Knetemann shares her thoughts and experiences.
Can a Language Die?
We talk about languages dying and becoming extinct, as if they were creatures. While that is a romantic notion, a language is not really alive, so how can it die?
COLUMNS
Letter From The Editor
Studying in Summer
All work and no play makes your brain turn to mush. Enjoy the summer months while you can!
At the Cinema
La Casa del Fin de los Tiempos
A woman is sent to jail for 30 years after killing her family. When she returns to the house it happened in, she finds the house is not quite through with her, or the pas...
Languages in Peril
Scottish Gaelic
Not all endangered languages are ones you have never heard of. Even a known modern language can be threatened, as in the case of Scottish Gaelic. Guest writer Maureen Mil...
Words in Your Mouth
Apple
We take a bite out of a juicy topic this month: apple. Find the history of the word in many languages.
Celebrations
Nag Panchami
Many celebrations are born out of legends. There are a few legends and stories that contribute to the snake celebrations in India called Nag Panchami.
Where Are You?
Guess the city and country from the article and picture.
Book Look
Fluency Made Achievable: The Fluent Guide to Core Language Skills
A review of Kerstin Hammes' book "Fluency Made Achievable".
At A Glance
Quick look at various language websites and resources
IN OTHER ISSUES
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.
Language Learning is for everyone!
You can't learn a language without resources. More importantly, you need resources that others have found useful. So how do you find them? Welcome to the Language Learnin...
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.
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...
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...
Learning Multiple Languages with LingoHut
Games for Language creator Ulrike Rettig looks at how LingoHut can be used to learn and maintain multiple languages at the same time.
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...
New Souls
A story of breaking through in language listening... and getting a new soul.