News tagged with foreign language
Applying enhanced virtuality to language learning
Merging the real world with its mirror in a virtual world so that students can be immersed in a hybrid learning environment that permits improved language teaching: that is the objective of scientists at the ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 21, 2012 |
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US explains foreign policy to Twitter followers
The US State Department on Friday launched a new high-tech form of outreach to the international community when it took questions on foreign policy from Twitter followers in different languages.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Twitter, mixi form Japan tie-up as Facebook gains
(AP) -- Twitter Inc. and Japan's biggest homegrown social networking site mixi Inc. joined forces Wednesday to strengthen their ground against a rapidly expanding Facebook.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Speaking foreign languages may help protect your memory
People who speak more than two languages may lower their risk of developing memory problems, according a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 63rd Annual Meeting in Honolulu April ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Japanese infants hear foreign words by 14 months, research shows
A new study on Japanese and French infants by researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (Japan) and their collaborators has provided first-ever clues on the development of mechanisms governing how people perceive the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 13, 2010 |
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When in Rome: Study-abroad students increase alcohol intake
For most American students, spending a semester or two studying in a foreign country means the opportunity to improve foreign language skills and become immersed in a different culture. For others, studying abroad is more ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Google demonstrates phone that translates text
(AP) -- Stumped by foreign languages when you're traveling? Google Inc. is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera.
Feb 16, 2010 |
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Three of a kind: Revealing language’s universal essence
(PhysOrg.com) -- On the surface, English, Japanese, and Kinande, a member of the Bantu family of languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have little in common. It is not just that the vocabularies ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Foreign subtitles improve speech perception
Do you speak English as a second language well, but still have trouble understanding movies with unfamiliar accents, such as Brad Pitt's southern accent in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds? In a new study, published ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Use it or lose it? Study suggests the brain can remember a 'forgotten' language
Many of us learn a foreign language when we are young, but in some cases, exposure to that language is brief and we never get to hear or practice it subsequently. Our subjective impression is often that the neglected language ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Study calls for new approach to teaching English as a lingua franca
A study at the University of Leicester highlights the need for a new approach to the teaching of English pronunciation given that English is now a lingua franca, with more non-native speakers in the world than native speakers.
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Exposure to two languages carries far-reaching benefits
People who can speak two languages are more adept at learning a new foreign language than their monolingual counterparts, according to research conducted at Northwestern University. And their bilingual advantage persists ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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