Tag: language
Lessons Learned: 1,000 Days of Duolingo
Thursday, April 22, 2021, I completed a Duolingo lesson in Mandarin Chinese. I didn’t think much of the lesson or the app at the...
New Language Tables program brings linguistic immersion to the Marketplace
The Language Tables program launched Oct. 4 to expand foreign language learning on campus, according to Luz Forero ‘98, the specialist for language education...
‘Empowering a community:’ Filipino American History Month events center art and...
Filipino American History Month is celebrated throughout October, and this year, members of the Filipino American arts community in NELA and Historic Filipinotown have...
With registration day knocking at your door, “taking Spanish is a...
At Occidental College, in order to graduate, a student must reach 102-level proficiency in a language other than English, as per the college's core requirements. The...
Oxford comma drama and the need for descriptivism
Anybody who cares about grammar probably also cares about the Oxford comma: the final comma before the conjunction in a list. Depending on whom...
Hang up the Anglophone: English speakers need to learn new languages
My taxi driver laughed at me for coming to Ireland to learn to speak Irish. "We all learn it in school, but no one uses...
‘Death ain’t ready for you’: a reflection on suicide prevention and...
September was Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, and I was very aware. Two years ago, I almost suicided, and that anniversary is disorienting at best and...
Choose your words carefully: how your language contributes to mental health...
In order to change how we think about mental health and mental illness, we must challenge the stereotypes society holds. A clear manifestation of...