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Title: Article: Why the Brain Doubts a Foreign Accent
Body: From http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-brain-doubts-accent Why the Brain Doubts a Foreign Accent What happens in the brain when you hear an accent--and why you are less likely to trust the speaker By Matthew S. McGlone and Barbara Breckinridge September 21, 2010 Of the many indignities international students endure, accent discrimination may be the most mortifying, in part because it is still widely accepted in our society. New research by University of Chicago psychologists Shiri Lev-Ari and Boaz Keysar suggests that prejudice is only part of the problem. Non-native accents make speech somewhat more difficult for native speakers to parse and thereby reduces “cognitive fluency” – i.e., the ease with which the brain processes stimuli. And this, they found, causes people to doubt the accuracy of what is said. Read the full article at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-brain-doubts-accent
Source: Scientific American
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Title: Article: Why the Brain Doubts a Foreign Accent
Body: From http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-brain-doubts-accent Why the Brain Doubts a Foreign Accent What happens in the brain when you hear an accent--and why you are less likely to trust the speaker By Matthew S. McGlone and Barbara Breckinridge September 21, 2010 Of the many indignities international students endure, accent discrimination may be the most mortifying, in part because it is still widely accepted in our society. New research by University of Chicago psychologists Shiri Lev-Ari and Boaz Keysar suggests that prejudice is only part of the problem. Non-native accents make speech somewhat more difficult for native speakers to parse and thereby reduces “cognitive fluency” – i.e., the ease with which the brain processes stimuli. And this, they found, causes people to doubt the accuracy of what is said. Read the full article at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-brain-doubts-accent
Source: Scientific American
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Title: Interview: Why You Should Learn Chinese
Body: From http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2019179,00.html#ixzz10le7GV7A Why You Should Learn Chinese By Kayla Webley September 15, 2010 Deborah Fallows and her husband, the Atlantic's James Fallows, are no strangers to life in a foreign country. Over the course of their careers they've upped sticks and moved to foreign lands, from Africa to Southeast Asia. But even their many years as expatriates could not have prepared them for what they would experience throughout their three years living in a country as overwhelming and chaotic as China. In her book, Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language, Fallows, who holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from Harvard University, details the struggles and triumphs she had while learning one of the world's most difficult languages. She spoke to TIME about what her study of Mandarin taught her about life in China, the country's dizzying transformation and the value of learning languages. Read the full interview: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2019179,00.html#ixzz11K8X53Ig
Source: Time
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Title: Interview: Why You Should Learn Chinese
Body: From http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2019179,00.html#ixzz10le7GV7A Why You Should Learn Chinese By Kayla Webley September 15, 2010 Deborah Fallows and her husband, the Atlantic's James Fallows, are no strangers to life in a foreign country. Over the course of their careers they've upped sticks and moved to foreign lands, from Africa to Southeast Asia. But even their many years as expatriates could not have prepared them for what they would experience throughout their three years living in a country as overwhelming and chaotic as China. In her book, Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language, Fallows, who holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from Harvard University, details the struggles and triumphs she had while learning one of the world's most difficult languages. She spoke to TIME about what her study of Mandarin taught her about life in China, the country's dizzying transformation and the value of learning languages. Read the full interview: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2019179,00.html#ixzz11K8X53Ig
Source: Time
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Title: Article: Chinese on Menu for Elementary Kids
Body: From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704082104575516082963460938.html Chinese on Menu for Elementary Kids By YULIYA CHERNOVA September 27, 2010 Spurred by separate pushes by the U.S. and Chinese governments, more schools in Greater New York have begun offering—even requiring—the study of Mandarin at the elementary level. Starting this month, Manhattan's New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math, or NEST+m, replaced Spanish with Mandarin for kindergarten through fifth grades. Some city elementary schools, such as PS 310 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, have launched Chinese bilingual programs aimed at native Chinese speakers. Others, such as as PS 20 on the Lower East Side, have opted for dual-language programs, where half of the class is fluent in English and the other half is fluent in Mandarin. The programs this year add to about 25 bilingual and dual-language ones that already existed in the city, according to Matthew Mittenthal, city Department of Education spokesman. The rise in Mandarin comes amid increased federal funding for programs that teach it and from school administrators' recognition of China's growing influence in the global economy. Read the full article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704082104575516082963460938.html
Source: Wall Street Journal
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Title: Article: Chinese on Menu for Elementary Kids
Body: From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704082104575516082963460938.html Chinese on Menu for Elementary Kids By YULIYA CHERNOVA September 27, 2010 Spurred by separate pushes by the U.S. and Chinese governments, more schools in Greater New York have begun offering—even requiring—the study of Mandarin at the elementary level. Starting this month, Manhattan's New Explorations Into Science, Technology and Math, or NEST+m, replaced Spanish with Mandarin for kindergarten through fifth grades. Some city elementary schools, such as PS 310 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, have launched Chinese bilingual programs aimed at native Chinese speakers. Others, such as as PS 20 on the Lower East Side, have opted for dual-language programs, where half of the class is fluent in English and the other half is fluent in Mandarin. The programs this year add to about 25 bilingual and dual-language ones that already existed in the city, according to Matthew Mittenthal, city Department of Education spokesman. The rise in Mandarin comes amid increased federal funding for programs that teach it and from school administrators' recognition of China's growing influence in the global economy. Read the full article at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704082104575516082963460938.html
Source: Wall Street Journal
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Title: Chinese Culture at About.com
Body: Follow a blog about Chinese culture at http://chineseculture.about.com . Recent entry: China Celebrates National Day (http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2010/10/01/china-celebrates-national-day.htm ) Read an “Intro to China” at http://chineseculture.about.com/od/thechinesegovernment/u/IntrotoChina.htm
Source: About.com
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Title: Chinese Culture at About.com
Body: Follow a blog about Chinese culture at http://chineseculture.about.com . Recent entry: China Celebrates National Day (http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2010/10/01/china-celebrates-national-day.htm ) Read an “Intro to China” at http://chineseculture.about.com/od/thechinesegovernment/u/IntrotoChina.htm
Source: About.com
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Title: New Jersey Italian American Heritage Foundation
Body: From http://www.italiannewjersey.com/about.shtml The New Jersey Institute for Italian and Italian American Heritage Studies, a not-for-profit entity that was created by the New Jersey State Legislature, under the auspices of the New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission, engages in the following activities: * Funds educational programs at the university level through the New Jersey school system and in the community; * Advances Italian and Italian American studies and language instruction in schools, communities and universities; * Encourages dissemination of positive media images regarding Italian Americans; and * Assists in coordinating the statewide activities and public events of the Italian American organizations in New Jersey. Learn more about their programs at http://www.italiannewjersey.com/programs.shtml
Source: NJIAHF
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Title: New Jersey Italian American Heritage Foundation
Body: From http://www.italiannewjersey.com/about.shtml The New Jersey Institute for Italian and Italian American Heritage Studies, a not-for-profit entity that was created by the New Jersey State Legislature, under the auspices of the New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission, engages in the following activities: * Funds educational programs at the university level through the New Jersey school system and in the community; * Advances Italian and Italian American studies and language instruction in schools, communities and universities; * Encourages dissemination of positive media images regarding Italian Americans; and * Assists in coordinating the statewide activities and public events of the Italian American organizations in New Jersey. Learn more about their programs at http://www.italiannewjersey.com/programs.shtml
Source: NJIAHF
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Title: Romansh Article: In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles
Body: From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/europe/29swiss.html?_r=1&ref=worl In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles By JOHN TAGLIABUE September 28, 2010 Romansh is the direct descendant of the Latin that was spoken in these mountain valleys at the height of the Roman empire, and shares the same Latin roots as French, Italian or Spanish. So isolated were the people who spoke it in their deep valleys that not one, but five, dialects grew up, though the differences are not substantial. Only a few decades ago, Romansh was looked upon as the patois of the poor country yokel; today it is experiencing a tenuous rebirth thanks to grass-roots revival programs and government support. Switzerland declared it an official language in 1996, though with limited status compared with the country’s other official languages — German, French and Italian — and now spends about $4 million a year to promote it. Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/europe/29swiss.html?_r=1&ref=worl
Source: New York Times
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Title: Romansh Article: In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles
Body: From http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/europe/29swiss.html?_r=1&ref=worl In Multilingual Switzerland, One Tongue Struggles By JOHN TAGLIABUE September 28, 2010 Romansh is the direct descendant of the Latin that was spoken in these mountain valleys at the height of the Roman empire, and shares the same Latin roots as French, Italian or Spanish. So isolated were the people who spoke it in their deep valleys that not one, but five, dialects grew up, though the differences are not substantial. Only a few decades ago, Romansh was looked upon as the patois of the poor country yokel; today it is experiencing a tenuous rebirth thanks to grass-roots revival programs and government support. Switzerland declared it an official language in 1996, though with limited status compared with the country’s other official languages — German, French and Italian — and now spends about $4 million a year to promote it. Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/europe/29swiss.html?_r=1&ref=worl
Source: New York Times
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Title: German Grammar Resources
Body: A collection of grammar resources for German is available at http://www.acu.edu/academics/cas/fl/Languages/german/index.html
Source: Abilene Christian University
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Title: German Grammar Resources
Body: A collection of grammar resources for German is available at http://www.acu.edu/academics/cas/fl/Languages/german/index.html
Source: Abilene Christian University
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Title: The Sound of Akkadian - Listen to Ancient Babylonian Online
Body: From http://tinyurl.com/39oy9q9 Almost 2,000 years after its last native speakers disappeared, the sound of Ancient Babylonian makes a comeback in an online audio archive. The recordings include excerpts from some of the earliest known works of world literature, dating back to the first years of the second millennium BC. Prompted by the enquiries of curious colleagues and friends, Dr. Martin Worthington, an expert in Babylonian and Assyrian grammar from the University of Cambridge, has begun to record readings of Babylonian poems, myths and other texts in the original tongue. In an effort to present users with a variety of voices, the readings – available online for free at http://www.speechisfire.com – are given by Dr. Worthington's fellow Assyriologists. Read the full article at http://tinyurl.com/39oy9q9
Source: Heritage Key
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Title: The Sound of Akkadian - Listen to Ancient Babylonian Online
Body: From http://tinyurl.com/39oy9q9 Almost 2,000 years after its last native speakers disappeared, the sound of Ancient Babylonian makes a comeback in an online audio archive. The recordings include excerpts from some of the earliest known works of world literature, dating back to the first years of the second millennium BC. Prompted by the enquiries of curious colleagues and friends, Dr. Martin Worthington, an expert in Babylonian and Assyrian grammar from the University of Cambridge, has begun to record readings of Babylonian poems, myths and other texts in the original tongue. In an effort to present users with a variety of voices, the readings – available online for free at http://www.speechisfire.com – are given by Dr. Worthington's fellow Assyriologists. Read the full article at http://tinyurl.com/39oy9q9
Source: Heritage Key
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Title: British Library Posts Greek Manuscripts to Web
Body: From http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100926/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_greek_manuscripts British Library posts Greek manuscripts to Web By RAPHAEL G. SATTER September 26, 2010 One of the world's most important caches of Greek manuscripts is going online, part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the Web in recent years. The British Library said Monday that it was making more than a quarter of its 1,000 volume-strong collection of handwritten Greek texts available online free of charge, something curators there hope will be a boon to historians, biblical scholars and students of classical Greece alike. Read the full article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100926/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_greek_manuscripts Read the British Library’s blog entry about the new manuscripts at http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts Search the database of manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts
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Title: British Library Posts Greek Manuscripts to Web
Body: From http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100926/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_greek_manuscripts British Library posts Greek manuscripts to Web By RAPHAEL G. SATTER September 26, 2010 One of the world's most important caches of Greek manuscripts is going online, part of a growing number of ancient documents to hit the Web in recent years. The British Library said Monday that it was making more than a quarter of its 1,000 volume-strong collection of handwritten Greek texts available online free of charge, something curators there hope will be a boon to historians, biblical scholars and students of classical Greece alike. Read the full article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100926/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_greek_manuscripts Read the British Library’s blog entry about the new manuscripts at http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts Search the database of manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts
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Title: Massachusetts Junior Classical League
Body: From http://www.massjcl.org The Massachusetts Junior Classical League is an organization of middle and high school students devoted to the study of Ancient Roman and Greek Language, literature, and culture. Mass JCl is a chapter of the National Junior Classical League, the largest student- run youth organization in the United States. Learn more and find your local chapter at http://www.massjcl.org
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Title: Massachusetts Junior Classical League
Body: From http://www.massjcl.org The Massachusetts Junior Classical League is an organization of middle and high school students devoted to the study of Ancient Roman and Greek Language, literature, and culture. Mass JCl is a chapter of the National Junior Classical League, the largest student- run youth organization in the United States. Learn more and find your local chapter at http://www.massjcl.org
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