Tag: language learning
How AI is changing the way we study languages
On July 25, Columbia professor and New York Times columnist John McWhorter presented readers with an interesting and provocative — perhaps overtly so — question:
“Will translation...
Ukrainian-founded Preply raises $70m to supercharge language tutors with AI
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Ukrainian-founded Preply reached a milestone in the company’s funding history today, raising an additional $70 million in equity and debt capital...
Looking at Duolingo’s end-of-year report on language learning trends
In addition to platform-wide trends, folks who used the app for more than five days out of the year can access personalized insights neatly packaged into a Spotify Wrapped-esque report.
Global Interpreting Services Launches Program to Bridge Communication Gaps
Global Interpreting Services Launches Program to Bridge Communication Gaps eLearning course designed to teach law enforcement to effectively communicate
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.: Global Interpreting Services...
ELRA releases the Corpus of Interactions between Seniors and an Empathic...
ELRA releases the Corpus of Interactions between Seniors and an Empathic Virtual Coach in Spanish, French and Norwegian
Word Tips survey sheds light on Americans’ interest in foreign languages
“There is a preconceived notion among the international community that Americans are not good with learning other languages, and our respondents’ results on this quiz did little to dispel this stereotype,” the Word Tips team wrote in a recent blog post exploring the survey results.
Duolingo reports 485% increase in Ukrainian learners
The number of Duolingo users learning Ukrainian increased by 485% in the weeks following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The company will be donating all of its ad revenue from Ukrainian learners to organizations helping Ukrainian refugees.
Journalist’s multilingual coverage of Ukraine conflict goes viral
A reporter for the Associated Press (AP) has received a lot of attention for his multilingual coverage of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. In just a little more than 24 hours, a montage of his coverage for different outlets received more than 14 million views and 114,000 likes on Twitter.
Study Highlights Need for Education in Native Language
In one of the largest studies of written language development among bilingual students to date, a team of researchers at universities across the United...
Babbel Set to List on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Babbel, the popular Berlin-based online language learning platform, announced Sept. 7 that it would list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) this year, according...
TikTok Users Revive Secret African American Language
In the 18th Century, African American enslaved people developed a secret language that was used to encode private communication and also teach each other...
UCSF Researchers Explore Non-Native Speech Perception
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco’s (UCSF) Department of Neurological Surgery recently published a study which sheds light on the nature of...