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#LanguageAtLunch There is a #Mandarin idiom that literally translates to "take off your pants to fart," and in practice it means you're doing something absolutely worthless or which is a complete waste of time 👖 #WeAreIOR
#LanguageAtLunch The Hand of Irulegi, discovered in 2021, is the earliest document written in the #Basque language Euskera, and as of this week the first word has been translated! The word, sorioneku, means good fortune or good omen. #WeAreIOR 🖐️
https://t.co/cIvze1f4P3
#LanguageAtLunch Children in K-12 programs are beginning to bounce back academically from the #COVID pandemic. While researchers stress that a full recovery can take years, this recent study promises early results. Learn more here! #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/UPZt04gvNr
#LanguageAtLunch 'Squid Game' made history at the #Emmys2022! Not only was the show the first non-English language series to be nominated at the Emmys, but actor Lee Jung-Jae is the first person to win an Emmy from a non-English language series! #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/mxX0EKj4Sv
#LanguageAtLunch The global gaming industry is worth more then $300 billion. With this global reach, it's more important than ever to offer support (and the games themselves) in multiple languages! But it's not as easy as you think... #WeAreIOR 🎮
https://t.co/OAzpYXR3ib
#LanguageAtLunch "In the American context, where Anglo-European cultural norms are intrinsic in everyday experiences, we sometimes forget how subsumed the #cultural identities of Black immigrants can become, lost in the noises of normalcy..." #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/M4tXq2AKtb
#LanguageAtLunch It is expected that there will be over 700 million French speakers in the world by 2050, with 80% being located in Africa!
Tune in every week for more insights and fun facts on #languages from around the world! #WeAreIOR
#LanguageAtLunch There are 9 languages that don't have any words for colors! Pirahã speakers in the Amazon for example can distinguish between tones and can refer to different colors (I.e. “bloodlike”), but do not have fixed color terms like “red” #WeAreIOR
#LanguageAtLunch Mandarin and Cantonese are more dissimilar than Spanish and Italian, yet outside of #China they are often considered different dialects and not different languages.
So when is speech considered a dialect versus a #language? 🤔 #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/O9wnBCXN5W
#LanguageAtLunch Based on data compiled by Duolingo, more than 30 million people in the United States attempted to learn a new #language in 2020! #WeAreIOR
#LanguageAtLunch Podcasts are great not only for entertainment but for learning as well, and making your #podcast content accessible across #languages goes a long way for listeners (and has proven to help in the language learning process)! #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/F3PWrb7PMz
#LanguageAtLunch The proverb "one palm tree does not make honey" is spoken by the Berber people of North Africa, and refers to how life is sweeter and more fulfilling with others 🌴
What are some of your favorite proverbs from other cultures? #WeAreIOR
#LanguageAtLunch For children growing up in refugee camps, #education is a powerful tool of liberation. Makhtoum Abdalla shares his dream of ensuring all children are educated and taught the skills needed to become "captains of their destiny." #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/VaGWpU3Kd1
#LanguageAtLunch It's believed that the longest word to ever appear in #literature is found in a play written in 391 BC by a Greek playwright. The word has 171 letters, and refers to a fictional dish consisting of several different types of meat #WeAreIOR
#LanguageAtLunch Developing #cultural competence is integral to language learning. It has been proven that #language proficiency is enhanced when the culture it reflects is embedded in learning another language #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/CzeTRdf2VZ
#LanguageAtLunch Videogames have proven to be a great resource when learning a #language by exposing players to varied sentence structures that exist in the real world and are not always found in textbooks, making acquisition more practical. 🎮 #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/fCFmSJZbnH
#LanguageAtLunch The #Spanish equivalent of the phrase "all talk and no action" is "mucho ruido y pocas nueces", which literally translates to 'a lot of noise and no walnuts'! #WeAreIOR
#LanguageAtLunch Have you ever heard of the health mystery called the "Hispanic Paradox"? This psychologist believes that it's not culture or family ties that explain this phenomena...but rather the #Spanish language itself! #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/0LKdH4b3TN
#LanguageAtLunch Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a #communication disorder marked by delayed language development in early childhood. Its cause has stumped researchers, but a recent study shows there is a possible genetic factor underlying SLI 🧠
https://t.co/XqVQ5W7KNT
#LanguageAtLunch To help #Ukrainian students worldwide, Microsoft recently rolled out auto-detect speech detection for the Ukrainian #language in its Reading Progress tool in Teams. Learn more here! #WeAreIOR
https://t.co/H6ieyeoxAv
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