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It can be hard if your children are reluctant linguists, and they always have someone else, like mum and dad, to speak up for them. And, as you say, you don't want to spoil the holiday by forcing foreign language lessons down their throat.
(The Independent, July 27th 2006)
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The internet is a global revolution in communication - as long as you use letters from the western alphabet. Kieren McCarthy on the growing pressure for a net that recognises Asian, Arabic and Hindi characters, too.
(The Guardian, July 27th, 2006)
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The World Cup, holiday homes and budget airlines are feeding an unexpected passion for learning languages.
(91福利社 News, July 27th, 2006)
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A lesson we have learnt from the politics of the past century or so is that words are no longer the straightforward conveyors of ideas we thought they were.
(The Telegraph, July 26th, 2006)
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North Wales Police recruits will not be promoted until they pass a test in Welsh, the chief constable says in his online diary.
(91福利社 News, July 20th, 2006)
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An American who learned Welsh using the internet moves to Cardiff to sharpen his language skills.
(91福利社 News, July 18th, 2006)
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A revolutionary earpiece has helped Heidi King to stop stammering.
(The Telegraph, July 17th, 2006)
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To those uninitiated in the local dialect, even the process of choosing a builder can be a bewildering experience in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
(The Independent, July 15th 2006)
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The European Parliament is preparing to spend more than 拢460,000 a year providing translations from Irish into English on behalf of six Gaelic-speaking MEPs.
(The Telegraph, July 14th, 2006)
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Two police officers are learning sign language to help them communicate with the deaf community.
(91福利社 News, July 12th, 2006)
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The recording begins with a swish and a crackle and then a strong male voice is heard speaking in a solid northern accent: "There was a man who had two sons..."
(The Guardian, July 6th, 2006)
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A Geordie woman develops foreign accents after waking up from a stroke.
(91福利社 News, July 4th, 2006)
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