ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now we're going to dust off some old words, starting with this one - dotard. AILSA CHANG, HOST: It means an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile. It was popular during Shakespeare's time. SIEGEL: Last week Nor

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Winter is high time for humidifiers because dry air can irritate your throat. But a new study finds that arid conditions might have an influence on the development of the very languages that some people speak. Extensive research on human physiology s

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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

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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

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At this middle school in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a sort of linguistic wrestling match takes place every afternoon. It pits about a dozen students ages 12 to 14 against the formidable language of Mandarin Chinese. Hey~Jia. Jia. The door is men. T

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Washington with his own words, as he appeared at a news conference alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. Earlier this week, visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates accused Tehran of pl

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 November 2007 Australians go to the polls this Saturday, with conservative Prime Minister John Howard fighting for his political life against his left-of-center rival, Kevin Rudd. Mr. Howard has been in office for more than a

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: August 19, 2004 A new map released by the Modern Language Association shows which languages are spoken where in the United States. According to the MLA map, a 33-square-kilometer area south of Los Angeles is one of the mo

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: June 24, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a map of mother tongues in America. RS: Last week, we told you about americanrhetoric.com, a collection of well-known American speeches.

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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

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Sri Lanka is preparing for a major celebration following the battlefield defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, ending a quarter-century civil war. Joyous outbursts that are mixed with some lingering anxiety, especially among the minority Ta

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is hailing the role of Confucius Institutes for its contribution to promoting cultural exchanges with foreign countries. President Xi made the remarks while addressing an opening ceremony of an annual meeting of Confucius

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Broadcast on Coast to Coast: March 18, 2004 English is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage of native English speakers is declining globally

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: August 12, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: practice makes perfect. RS: With us from Los Angeles is English teacher Lida Baker to explain a part of grammar that makes English lea

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Get into conversation with someone from Britain and they will invariably mention the weather. It plays an important role in people's lives and determines their mood. But there is one climatic condition that is bound to make us complain the rain. Brit

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