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Lesson11 English Spelling English spelling is a headache for native and non-native speakers alike. As a student of mine once commented, English spelling must have been invented by one of the devil's helpers. Do we need a spelling reform? At first, th
Lesson 11 English in the Caribbean 加勒比海英语 When we hear the word English, we naturally think of the language spoken by those living in the United Kingdom or of the people living in England. We also often think of their language as the int
[00:03.32]On Learning English [00:06.83]A correspondent from the Czech Republic [00:10.15]asks a powerful question:How would you encourage [00:13.35]English language learners at secondary [00:15.44]and postsecondary schools; [00:17.38]what do they ha
In Des Moines, Iowa, there's a research facility called the Great Ape Trust. The resident Bonobos there recently acquired two new neighbors when the Iowa Department of Natural Resources donated a pair of trumpeter swans to the Trust. As far as the s
AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- a tribute to Allen Walker Read, who died this month at the age of 96. Mr. Read devoted his life to a kind of linguistic detective work on the origins of American speech. RS: As a
Not only does it soothe the savage beast, but music also makes unruly children calmer while at the same time honing their facilities for cognitive skills and physical coordination, according to a leading expert. A mother's soft lullaby, granddad's wh
Tongue-tied Several weeks ago I was riding in a cab when the driver's eyes caught mine in the rear view mirror and he said,
Liberated from ages of darkness What do we really know about our ancestors who lived in limestone caves at Zhoukoudian? Not a great deal, really, except that the modern day inhabitants of northern China would probably be able to trace their lineage
Ramadan is beginning for the worlds Muslims. The month-long observance is a time to fast, to think and to spend time with friends and family. In the United States, people of different national origins gather at Islamic centers for religious services
Topic 1-Does the Chinese health checkup industry need its own health check? Owing to a large and aging population base, uneven distribution of medical resources among regions, and continuous advance of health care reform, the market for health checku
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a lesson in regional English in the American South. RS: And to give you that lesson is a woman who wrote to us from Alabama named Donna Akins. Donna Akins is not an English teache
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: October 24, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: October 27, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- a tribute to Allen Walker Read, who died this month at the age of 96. Mr. Read devot
Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 27, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: June 30, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a special report about the linguistic challenges that health care workers face in the United
More than half of the over one hundred native California tongues have disappeared. Many others have only a few, aging speakers. When this last fluent generation dies, languages spoken by Californians over centuries, will also die. At a recent gatheri
Welcome to Wordmaster. I'm Adam Phillips sitting in this week for Rosanne Skirble and Avi Arditti. Today, we look at an innovative master's degree program at the New School in New York. It was specifically designed to teach teachers how to teach Engl
Guest host Mike O'Sullivan talks with an author (familiar to our longtime listeners) whose newest books use fairy tales to teach foreign languages to American children. David Burke is known as Slangman, and in his earlier books, he translated the lan
NIGHT FELL. I went to bed. I slept pretty poorly. Man-eaters played a major role in my dreams. 黑夜来临,我睡了,睡得很不好。鲛鱼在我梦中起了重大的作用, And I found it more or less appropriate that the French word for sh
Have you learnt a lot of English words? Well, many more are being created right now! Neologisms appear all the time, especially linked to new technology. This not only represents more work for you but also annoys some native speakers of English. Ever
Live, traditional Chinese music and performances were held throughout the day, where dancing dragons paraded through the crowd and Kung Fu masters performed for the audience. German Bermudez is the director of the Lion Dance. What we do with these da
Topic1 New official rules for what you can and can't post on WechatWeChat, the most popular messaging app and social network in China with 468 million monthly active users, set in stone 10 rules for users posting to the app's朋友圈news feed, calle