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AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP: COULD YOU PASS THE PROPOSED ENGLISH TEST?


But the reform would create a separate English language exam, administered under the International English Language Testing System IELTS ... READ MORE

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DUTCH TV TROLLS DONALD TRUMP'S 'AMERICA FIRST' SPEECH IN 'WELCOME' VIDEO A


Dutch news satire show Zondag Met Lubach released a fake tourism advert introducing the Republican politician to their tiny country ... READ MORE

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'LAZY' AUSTRALIAN ACCENT CAUSED BY 'ALCOHOLIC SLUR' OF HEAVY-DRINKING EARLY SETTLERS'


G'day mate 'Lazy' Australian accent caused by 'alcoholic slur' of heavy-drinking early settlers'... READ MORE

27th October, 2015 5319

THE FUTURE OF LANGUAGE


French, as well as other European languages, such as Italian, German or Dutch, are also particularly significant hub languages... READ MORE

24th September, 2015 4499

'ONLY THREE PEOPLE SPEAK MY LANGUAGE'


Uu, one of the languages spoken South Africa's San community, also known as Bushmen... READ MORE

30th August, 2017 4134

'THIS IS AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING BUSINESS' - YOUNG GAEILGEOIR TOLD TO STOP SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE IN IRISH PUB


A young employee of The Flying Enterprise pub in Cork was told to stop speaking Irish at work because this is an English-speaking business ... READ MORE

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PARROT 'ARRESTED FOR SWEARING AT 85-YEAR-OLD WOMAN' IN INDIA


We watched the parrot carefully but it did not utter a word at the police station after being confronted by the complainant... READ MORE

19th August, 2015 1627

CENSUS 2016: SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING IN AUSTRALIA 'NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION'


The data also showed that Mandarin consolidated its position as the second-most commonly spoken language in Australia after English, followed by Arabic, Cantonese and Vietnamese... READ MORE

28th June, 2017 963

DEAF WOMAN CAPTURES REMARKABLE MOMENT AT STARBUCKS


Ms King posted the video on Facebook with the words, Starbucks!... READ MORE

5th November, 2015 623

ASIAN SCHOOL LANGUAGES RENAMED OVER RACIAL DISCRIMINATION FEARS


But the Background Speakers Heritage hurdle presented yet another reason for students to abandon their family languages... READ MORE

6th December, 2016 395

#ALLVIEWS: WHY DONALD TRUMP WILL BE A GREAT PRESIDENT


Is Donald Trump going to find himself crashing into a language barrier?... READ MORE

26th January, 2017 377

NZ SCHOOLBOY GIVES HEARTFELT SPEECH URGING PEOPLE TO STOP MISPRONOUNCING MAORI WORDS


The 15-year-old school student from Paraparaumu, in the North Island, said Maori was frequently mispronounced in the media... READ MORE

23rd July, 2015 331

ISIL AND AL-QAEDA 'USING PORN TO HIDE SECRET MESSAGES TO FOLLOWERS'


Last month, Isil used their English-language magazine Dabiq to foreshadow the brutal executions of 21 Christians on a Libyan beach... READ MORE

1st March, 2015 301

OUR LANGUAGES, A NATIONAL RESOURCE, IN 'TERMINAL DECLINE'


In the US and the UK, half of their students do languages for their final year of schooling... READ MORE

5th December, 2016 299

DO REGIONAL DIALECTS HAVE ANY PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD?


Which raises the question are contemporary English language and dialect compatible?... READ MORE

29th November, 2014 255

10 UNUSUAL TERMS OF ENDEARMENT FROM AROUND THE WORLD


3 10 China Chen yu iuo yan? meaning diving fish, swooping geese ? is an elaborate way of calling someone beautiful... READ MORE

12th January, 2017 213

BREAKTHROUGH: SOUNDS FOR WORDS OF COMMON OBJECTS SIMILAR ACROSS LANGUAGES


Other words found to contain similar sounds across thousands of languages include bite, dog, fish, skin, star and water ... READ MORE

13th September, 2016 186

COMMENT: DEBUNKING COMMON MYTHS ABOUT RAISING BILINGUAL CHILDREN


My son, Alexander, was able to understand almost everything in both languages - Greek and English - but he could say only six words... READ MORE

4th January, 2016 180

ONE BOY'S JOURNEY OVER A YEAR


Noran Zahrooni had to overcome a lot on his first day of school in 2014... READ MORE

27th July, 2015 163

THE GREEKLISH PROJECT AND SPEAKING HYBRID LANGUAGES


SBS Greek broadcaster and founder of the Greeklish Project Kyriakos Gold wants to share Greeklish and other hybrid languages with Australia... READ MORE

25th July, 2015 130

COMMENT: USING BIG WORDS IN YOUR WRITING IS NOT IMPRESSING ANYBODY


The findings held up The study volunteers again rated the authors of the abstracts with simpler language as more competent and more confident... READ MORE

25th October, 2015 116

GERMAN BLOSSOMS IN THE BAROSSA AS SHADOW OF WAR FADES


The Barossa Valley's rich German heritage was no secret to Peter Mickan... READ MORE

13th December, 2015 113

CENSUS 2016: THE COMMUNITIES WHERE FIVE LANGUAGES ARE COMMON


Households where a non-English language is spoken rose almost two percentage points in the same period, to 22 per cent... READ MORE

24th July, 2017 109

CHINESE STATE NEWSPAPER MOCKED FOR SHARING NEW YEAR'S PUZZLE FULL OF OBSCENITIESA


A New Year's puzzle posted online by China's People's Daily newspaper was quickly removed after it was pointed out the word game was full of obscenities... READ MORE

3rd January, 2017 76

EDUCATION SYSTEM, SOCIAL ATTITUDES TO BLAME FOR LOW BILINGUALISM RATES


However Dr Antoniou agreed that Australia still had work to do in normalising language learning... READ MORE

28th March, 2016 72

ARE WE WASTING OUR CHILDREN'S POTENTIAL?


In Victoria, all government and non-government schools are required to provide language education for all students from Prep to Year 10... READ MORE

31st March, 2016 55

'MEDIEVAL BARBARISM': RIGA MAYOR DECRIES FINE FOR USE OF RUSSIAN ON OFFICIAL FACEBOOK ACCOUNT


The Latvian State Language Center launches an investigation why the mayor of Riga, when asked a question by Russian-speaking children, answered them in Russian, Usakovs wrote... READ MORE

28th February, 2017 36

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO RAISE BILINGUAL CHILDREN?


Today, the children speak conversational Greek but Ms Karatasas is acutely aware of how circumstances can impact language learning... READ MORE

29th March, 2016 35

24 HOURS OF SCRABBLE ANYONE?


Aussie whiz kids compete for world Scrabble crown in Perth... READ MORE

31st October, 2015 14

GOOD BOY DOGS KNOW WHAT YOURE SAYING STUDY SUGGESTS


They found that dogs processed words with the left hemisphere, while intonation was processed with the right hemisphere -- just like humans... READ MORE

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DOGS UNDERSTAND SOME HUMAN SPEECH, STUDY SUGGESTS


They found that dogs processed words with the left hemisphere, while intonation was processed with the right hemisphere -- just like humans... READ MORE

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