Serial guest writer Paul Mains has created another brilliant piece for us, this time about the genesis of Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) Give it a look and tell us what you think! ~Brian —————————

If you’re looking for a new language learning program to throw in with your existing strategies I may have found just the thing for you. Linkword Languages is a unique piece of software designed around a fast paced, mnemonic learning model that uses an approach I haven’t actually seen before; which says something. But before…
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It may seem these days that the age of the public library has all but run its course. With Internet access more common than not many – if not most – of us have turned away from this traditional font of learning and education. But when it comes to language learning, it’s important for us…
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  Fun and games are great, but hardcore linguistics isn’t bad either   This might come off as a little dry, but I would have liked for my beginner level language course not to have started with a famous pop song (like this Flight of the Concords’ song for French) or learning those precious first few…
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Counting the languages you know When I finished secondary school, I thought I knew two and a half languages – my native Estonian, English that I mostly picked up from the media, and some basic German that I had studied from grade six onward. German was always a grey area, as I’d started from scratch in school…
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In the past decade the world has experienced a communications boom brought on by an insane amount of increased connectivity; widespread use of the Internet, and of course; cellphones. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’re also probably aware that these devices and methods often fall under considerable scrutiny for somehow helping to undermine…
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