21 Simple Ideas To Improve Student Motivation -
The best lessons, books, and materials in the world won't get students excited about learning and willing to work hard if they're not motivated. Motivation,…See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The...
View ArticleCursive writing becoming a postscript
The choice of how much, if any, cursive handwriting instruction to include rests on the individual district, and the state Education Department does not track if schools are even including it.See it...
View ArticleOpinion Writers Also Cry | P.M. NEWS Nigeria
There is no denying the fact that there is hardly any pastime that exists today that has not got its own share of challenges. It is in the light of this truism that many opinion writers accept most of...
View ArticleallAfrica.com: Kenya: NTV Told to Have Sign Language in Newscasts
THE High Court has given Nation Television 90 days to provide a sign language interpreter in all newscasts and programmes of national importance.Justice Cecilia Githua ruled that NTV should comply with...
View ArticleAbigail C. Cohn: Unveiling the Sundanese language to the world | The Jakarta...
Abigail C. Cohn: (JP/Setiono Sugiharto)Many people, be they are native Sundanese or foreign nationals, have introduced the Sundanese culture, the ...See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The...
View ArticleLetter: STM should know being bilingual is good for business
The claim is that the STM can’t force employees to communicate in English because there is “no wiggle room” in Bill 101 is a bald-faced lie.See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The Translation World
View ArticleWhat’s a Semi-Automatic? What Counts as an Assault Weapon? The Explainer...
Read the rest of Slate’s coverage of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Following Friday’s tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., semi-automatic guns and assault weapons...
View ArticleHow big is your language?
As languages grow to encompass a large number of words, how they treat the emergence of new and exotic words changes, with an impact on cultural evolution.See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The...
View ArticleUnprofessional Translation - wishes A Very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New...
....This year the blog will continue to proclaim thatirrespective of language, place, time, type, training,age, circumstances and language proficiency; insofar as bilingualism is universal, so...
View ArticleWorld’s Most Difficult Reads
How better to begin the new year than with a challenge. As Randy Pausch wrote in the Last Lecture: “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick...
View ArticleLanguage Blog Translation Times: Miss Venezuela, Use Your Interpreter
Interpreters work in many high-profile situations, including some you would never have thought of, including the International Space Station (as eloquently explained in our favorite book of 2012, Found...
View ArticleNews Summary: Tablet-tailored search engine debuts
TAILORED FOR TABLETS: Izik is billed as the first search designed especially for iPads and tablet computers running on Google Inc.See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The Translation World
View ArticleGoogle's rivals look to European regulators
Googles competitors are now pinning their hopes on states attorneys general and European regulators to clamp down on what they consider unfair practices by the company after the Federal Trade...
View ArticleWhen to Translate to Assamese
We briefly introduced this language when we spoke about Nepali. Both languages have a common root in that they derive from the Indo-Aryan or Indic languages.See it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The...
View ArticleSummer School | British Centre for Literary Translation
British Centre for Literary Translation.University of East Anglia, NorwichPreliminary programme information is now available. We will be offering 6 workshops in 2013 including new options in...
View ArticleELIA - European Language Industry Association: Networking Days Munich
About ND MunichELIA is very pleased to announce Networking Days Munich to be held 2-4 May, 2013. Situated on the elevated plains of the South of Germany, the capital of Bavaria is characterized by a...
View ArticleLocalization world 2013 (June 12-14, London
The 2013 theme is Localization in a Shifting Global Economy. Presenters may submit proposals that fit with the theme or the general interest areas listed below:Global Business: Experienced business...
View ArticleProposición no de ley para una formación mínima de los traductores policiales...
En aras de ampliar la información de la proposición no de ley de la que hablé en la anterior entrada os copio aquí el contenido de ambas proposiciones dadoSee it on Scoop.it, via Metaglossia: The...
View Article¿Qué fue del traductor como artista? | Ander Isuskiza - Traductor y Corrector
Siempre que empieza un año nuevo se nos llena la boca de langostinos y buenos propósitos. La mayoría tienen que ver con la tripa y con mejorar nuestra situación laboral, sobre todo nosotros los...
View ArticleCursos molones para supertraductoras
He decidido hacer esta entrada para hablaros sobre un curso a distancia que he hecho hace poco con Educación Digital y que me ha encantado y enamorado más si cabe de esta nuestra profesión y de la...
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