Episode 8: The Language News Report

Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always entertaining.

During the Language News Report, you’ll hear summaries of last week’s top language-related stories. You can listen to the podcast on our website or download it for later playback on any standard MP3 compatible device. We hope you enjoy listening!

Listen to Episode 8: The Language News Report

Subscribe on iTunes

[audio:https://wp-uploads.altalang.com/audio/Beyond-Words-Podcast-Episode-08.mp3]

You can subscribe to the Beyond Words Podcast on iTunes. Every time we release a new episode, your iTunes library will automatically upload it. Just follow the link — SUBSCRIBE.

Download

To download Episode 8 for playback on any MP3 compatible device, simply right click and “save link as” or “save target as” — DOWNLOAD .

Articles in this week’s Language News Report

Estonia Raises Its Pencils to Erase Russian

Asian languages losing their allure

Confident Teachers Help Preschoolers More With Language and Literacy Skills

Regular Bedtimes Linked to Better Language, Reading and Math Skills in Preschool Children

Britain’s new romance language is English

N.J. Supreme Court to consider if police must give DWI instructions in native language

Resolution naming English official language of Homer Township rejected in 3-1 vote

DARE to Be Finished—Maybe Next Year

The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) Official Website

Other noteworthy language-related articles

Hispanics in the US: A new generation

Britain declaring war on ‘Americanisms’

50 Fancy Words

Germany’s Sorbian minority risks losing their language

Reclaiming Native Language Title Rights

American Indian languages get ‘Breath of Life’

Do we need an Academy of English? The experts argue for and against

If you’re interested in receiving a daily dose of language-related articles and media from around the web, you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

____________________________________________________________________________________________

ALTA has provided language training to government agencies and corporations for 30 years. To learn more about our programs, please visit Online Language Training.

All music and sound effects were provided by The Freesound Project.

Thank you to the following people for use of their field recordings and samples:

Genghis Attenborough and Djgriffin