Articles Tagged with foreign language

Going overseas

Reasons to leave home

Whether a trip abroad is worthwhile depends on why you are going.

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On translation

Moving between languages

We consider alternative teaching strategies.

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Monoglot music

Not about sukiyaki

What does an old song say about its times?

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Tilting at windmills

The vanishing knight

Where did Don Quixote go?

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The language of philosophy

Words and ideas

Does the language you speak determine the way you think?

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Not the way it sounds

Spelling reform

Written and spoken languages are different.  Should they be made more similar?

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Language technology

Materials for learning

We notice that some things have gotten much easier with advances in technology.

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On learning languages

Spanish, Russian, Java, Python

We use “language” for a misleading variety of things.

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Greek tragedy

Retained in translation

What comes across, and doesn’t, when we change languages.

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How much memory?

Knowing vs. looking it up

Memorization is not the same as learning.  Still, it has its uses.

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