A greater focus on pronunciation when teaching English to new migrants could help improve their employment prospects, according to research from Victoria University of Wellington's School of Linguistics and Applied Language ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2016
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Google is promising that its widely used translation service is now even more fluent, thanks to an advance that's enabling its computers to interpret complete sentences.
Computer Sciences
Nov 15, 2016
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After thousands of hours of work, MIT researchers have released the first major database of fully annotated English sentences written by non-native speakers.
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2016
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As Middle Eastern migrants flocked to Germany, Google said Friday demand for its Arabic-German translation service had surged five-fold, urging native speakers to help improve the service.
Internet
Sep 25, 2015
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Would a color by any other name be thought of in the same way, regardless of the language used to describe it?
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2015
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Paris, the city of light, love, and tourists, has released a new mobile app called "Yes I speak touriste" to help foreigners struggling with their French find some respite.
Software
Jul 9, 2015
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Chat rooms play a positive role in motivating students and encouraging an independent approach to learning English as a foreign language.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2015
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Phonetics experts have completed a project to reveal the hidden workings of our tongues and vocal tracts using 1,500 ultrasound videos. The unique corpus of ultrasound videos was compiled as part of a research project looking ...
Social Sciences
May 28, 2015
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Racial stereotypes and expectations can impact the way we communicate and understand others, according to UBC research.
Social Sciences
May 26, 2015
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Speaking in public is the top fear for many people. Now, researchers from the Human-Computer Interaction Group at the University of Rochester have developed an intelligent user interface for "smart glasses" that gives real-time ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 30, 2015
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