People make it seem like itโs easy to learn English these days โ watch some Marvel movies on Netflix, play around on the Duolingo app, and boom! Youโre ready to hit New York City. Except, it never really works like that. The English acquisition process is a long and difficult one, and for learners in Spain and Latin America? [...]
No matter what your native tongue, adding another language will bring unparalleled benefits to your personal and professional life. The learning process itself improves mental capacity, and knowing multiple languages helps people cross social and cultural boundaries. The professional benefits are equally significant, including more job interviews and higher pay. With benefits like these, it is no wonder that [...]
Flashback to ten years ago and imagine hearing someone say, โShe had to ghost him because his side hustle in the metaverse was sus.โ You would think this was either utter gibberish or perhaps there had been a murder of some sort - โShe turned him into a ghost?โ In the present day and age, however, not only is [...]
Slogans are powerful. They accompany nearly every part of our daily lives and we ingest them unconsciously. We often think of them as being attached to products or services which are being sold. For example, most people from the U.S. need to simply hear the words โJust Do Itโ or โHave It Your Wayโ, to tell you the phrases belong [...]
If youโre in the process of updating or writing your resume/CV you may be wondering how to include your language skills. The number of bilinguals in the U.S. doubled from 1980 to 2018 and in Europe itโs common for the average person to speak 3 languages. This means, the ability to write and speak more than one language could [...]
Is there a way to know how someone is feeling by simply looking at them? A quick internet search of the words โbody languageโ will produce a slough of articles, books and interviews which claim to reveal hidden mysteries about human body language. Practitioners in this field usually make claims that with proper training, we can either detect clues [...]
Forensic linguistics is the use of applied linguistics in legal settings. That definition is extremely broad, but so is the field of study itself. Perhaps it is easier to look at the two words separately.ย Forensics is when science is used to resolve a legal issue. Linguistics is the scientific study of written and spoken language. Forensic linguistics then, [...]
Wordle is the latest word game to captivate the hearts of humanity. If you havenโt played it yet, Wordle is a fun, simple, and free word game. Itโs so easy to begin playing, you donโt even need an app. Between the low barrier of entry, and the fact that there are no ads, Wordle has infected the hearts of millions. [...]
Movies and television are fairly new inventions in the breadth of humanityโs artistic endeavors. Since the first commercially aired film on December 28th, 1895, storytelling in film has rapidly evolved with visual effects progressively becoming more impressive. This has allowed filmmakers to design vivid depictions of multiple universes. These worlds usually come fully loaded with populations of either aliens, fairies [...]
Hangul is unique among alphabets in multiple ways, including the fact that it has its own day of celebration. On October 9th, South Korea commemorates the approximate day in 1446 when King Sejong published the newly developed set of characters for his people. Unlike most alphabets which developed slowly over time, Hangul was deliberately invented to respond to the illiteracy [...]
