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Dravidian language family is approximately 4,500 years old, new linguistic analysis finds - The origin of the Dravidian language family, consisting of about 80 varieties spoken by 220 million people across South Asia, can be dated to about 4,500 years... ow.ly/tKv850gWWUr


How To Learn To Speak Swedish Outside Sweden - Prior to hitting the ripe old age of 24 I had very little experience with foreign languages. Of course, I had completed the mandatory Australian foreign language subjects at school, but the 5 years of Jap... ow.ly/qSbd50gW2dB


Why I’m Teaching My Kids to Speak French Badly (and Why I Think You Should, Too) - Teaching kids French… what’s the “right” way to do it? I’m teaching my kids French, and here’s a fairly typical French conversation between me and my 3 year old: My 3 y... ow.ly/2jLQ50gV6tT


New research into letter-spacing could help improve children's reading - Increased letter spacing helps individuals read faster, but not due to visual processing, according to new research. ow.ly/tBuc50gV3P9


The Romance of Language Learning: A Fluent in 3 Months Wedding! - In 2014, having spent six years studying and practicing Spanish, I found myself missing something. I felt I had done all this work and I had taught myself a second language, but I wasn'... ow.ly/AArp50gT0st


Brain mechanism involved in language learning - Psychologists found that when we learn the names of unfamiliar objects, brain regions involved in learning actively predict the objects the names correspond to. ow.ly/2aoo50gS32M


If I Started Learning Hebrew Again, This Is How I’d Do It - Mistakes are frustrating. But, without them it’s impossible to progress. How amazing it would be to draw lessons from the mistakes of others, and skip the embarrassment of making them ourselv... ow.ly/5fJ450gR8Fq


How would the brain process alien music? - What might alien music sound like? Would it be structured hierarchically as our music is with verses and a chorus? Would we even be able to appreciate it? Researchers think the answer would be yes, assuming i... ow.ly/igt250gQfkB


How to Remember Spanish Words: The “Word Bridge” Technique and Other Memory Hacks for Spanish Learners - Learning a language can sometimes feel boring -- like an exercise in monotony. What lends to this monotony, more often than not, is the rigor and ... ow.ly/mSD250gPlnG


Volunteer and Learn Spanish: How to Learn a Language by Volunteering Overseas - Can you volunteer and learn Spanish? I did, and here’s my story, plus the lessons I learned along the way. Most of these lessons can be applied to learning any language wh... ow.ly/fN7H50gNgrM


Got the message? Your brainwaves will tell - A new technique will allow for a more accurate diagnosis of patients who cannot actively participate in a speech understanding test because they're too young, for instance, or because they're in a coma. In ... ow.ly/VYkV50gMlWq


Yes! The brain can be trained to avoid dyslexia, study suggests - The ability of the brain to synchronize with the tone and intonation of speech influences how language is processed. Study results could help design more effective activities to train t... ow.ly/ak9q50gLsps


Who's a good boy? Why 'dog-speak' is important for bonding with your pet - Scientists have shown that the way we speak to our canine friends is important in relationship-building between pet and owner, similar to the way that 'baby-talk' is to bonding... ow.ly/9QIG50gKwCf


German Numbers: Learn To Count From 0 to 1,000 in German - Do you want to learn how to count from 0-100 in German, and find out more about German numbers? In this article I want to share with you how to learn, remember and use German numbers. German N... ow.ly/GZHO50gJGrK


Cognitive benefits of bilingualism overstated - Bilingualism is naturally very useful in communication between people, but a new meta-analysis shows that it does not seem to increase the cognitive skills related to executive functions. ow.ly/OSj550gJEDW


The Beginner’s Guide To Learning Modern Greek (How To Get Started) - Today’s post comes from Danae, a native Greek speaker and teacher who runs a site called Alpha Beta Greek. As you know, I recently started learning Modern and Koine Greek together as... ow.ly/gA7E50gINA9


Songs in the key of life: The linguistic universals of adapting sound to artistic expression - A new study of how tone languages are sung has implications for the way humans manipulate and adapt the sounds of their language to artistic expression. ow.ly/BVad50gGLiG


Rapid Learner Review: An In-Depth Look at Scott H. Young’s Rapid Learner Program - I first discovered Scott H. Young’s work several years ago when he shared a post on his blog about how to overcome plateaus. At the time, I was experiencing a significa... ow.ly/kIlS50gE7g3


Music to Help You Learn Spanish – A Starter Guide (with 12 Latin Artists and Songs) - Despacito -- the song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi -- has been a huge hit this year and as I’m writing this it’s now the most viewed video on YouTube with 4.4 b... ow.ly/wgL450gC7p6


The 'loudness' of our thoughts affects how we judge external sounds - The 'loudness' of our thoughts -- or how we imagine saying something -- influences how we judge the loudness of real, external sounds. ow.ly/2J0d50gC6of


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