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This week in languages: June 1, 2018

by on June 1, 2018

25/05/2018–01/06/2018 Headlines There’s a body of research that points to the trend of low-income kids scoring lower than their more well-to-do peers on cognitive and standardised tests. But new evidence suggests there is a mitigating measure: learn another language. Researcher…

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This week in languages: May 25, 2018

by on May 30, 2018

18/05/2018–25/05/2018 Headlines Will English remain the world’s favourite language for much longer? Robin Lustig claims that advances in machine translation will make a lingua franca unnecessary; the rise of China may mean Chinese takes English’s place; and the hybridisation of…

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This week in languages: May 4, 2018

by on May 29, 2018

27/04/2018–04/05/2018 Headlines According to a recent study in the journal Cognition, it is nearly impossible to reach native-level fluency in any language after age 10. The good news, though, is that conversational proficiency is still achievable at any age, writes TIMES. Dr…

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