“The point of the Word of the Year is to encourage people to reflect on where we are as a culture, who we are at the moment, through the lens of words we use,” Casper Grathwohl, the president of ...
What happens when you speak someone’s language before knowing their face? We captured authentic reactions and emotional ...
Google is upgrading Translate with Gemini-powered context-aware translations, live speech translation through headphones, and ...
Slang helps kids fit in with their peers, but standard English proficiency remains crucial. Read more at straitstimes.com.
It’s common to be told that filler words are bad, whether you’re in an in-person interview or chatting online, but avoiding them outright can worsen communication.
Easily the best way to learn a language is by speaking it, and to that end Speak is adding new voice-first lesson content, helping you to practice new words and phrases. Speak is also taking a new ...
A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may ...
A new open-source device records whale clicks with context, giving AI the data it needs to search for structure in sperm ...
It’s well established that children have an easier time learning second languages. In recent years, scientists have studied ...
When Gail Dana reflects on the status of the Passamaquoddy language, she can’t help but speak in oceanic analogies. “We know we can’t turn the tide. We see that every single day,” she said, gazing ...
The English language has at least half a million words, depending on what dictionary you’re looking at. English consists of letters running from the left side of the page to the right, while other ...
"When you are delivering an honest message that you believe in, the rest will truly follow," one participant said.