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New English Language Current Affairs Podcast about Hungary

Hungary Today 10 Oct 2022
In his new podcast, The Bold Truth About Hungary, Zoltán Kovács discusses current affairs with his guests. State Secretary for International Communications and Relations Zoltán Kovács announced that he is launching a podcast this week for foreign audiences interested in Hungary ... ....
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Bilingual/ESL making strides in ECISD

Odessa American 10 Oct 2022
With the implementation of Dual Language One-Way, the Bilingual and ESL, or English as a second language department, has made significant progress ... There are traveling English as a second language teachers who pull out students for 45 minutes ... There are three traveling ESL (English as a second language) teachers.
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Dual language program at NC school shows signs of success

Daily Advance 10 Oct 2022
The results were less dramatic for English Language Learners than for native English-speakers, but Simpson pointed to other data suggesting those gaps may continue to close as GIA students advance to higher grades ... Participate Learning, which helps schools build dual language ...
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The View from England: Sending the right signals

Mining Dot Com 10 Oct 2022
The English language is full of ambiguities, especially when used by the British ... Most people who use English as a foreign language are much more direct than the British in their translation, they speak/write what they see ... Of these languages, English is the most understood ...
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Stalin warns of another language war if Hindi was imposed

Deccan Chronicle 10 Oct 2022
Recalling the 1965 language war that broke out when the Union government sought to thrust the dominant Hindi language by going against the assurance given in 1957 by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharal Nehru that English would continue as an official language till people not ...
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Hindi, local languages should be medium of instruction in tech, non-tech institutions, says Parliament

Financial Express 10 Oct 2022
The committee suggested that in all technical and non-technical institutions in the country, Hindi or local language should be used as the medium of instruction and the use of English should be made optional ... “English is a foreign language and we should do away with this colonial practice,” he said.
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‘Direct onslaught on India’s soul’: Stalin jabs Shah-led panel’s advice on Hindi

Hindustan Times 10 Oct 2022
It also recommended that local languages be given preference over English in all states ... “Why is it recommended to discontinue English language question papers in the Union recruitment examinations to give preference for Hindi?” the chief minister wrote ... one culture, one language.
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‘Don’t force another language war by imposing Hindi’: Stalin warns Centre

Hindustan Times 10 Oct 2022
“In such a scenario, where does the need arise for Union home minister Amit Shah-led committee to recommend that Hindi be made the common language of India? Why is it recommended to discontinue English language question paper in the Union recruitment examinations to give ...
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Stalin asks Centre not to ‘force language war by imposing Hindi’

Hindustan Times 10 Oct 2022
“In such a scenario, where does the need arise for union home minister Amit Shah-led committee to recommend that Hindi be made the common language of India? Why is it recommended to discontinue English language question paper in the Union recruitment examinations to give ...
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JMI Admissions 2022: Registration window opened for two certificates, one diploma programme

Indian Express 10 Oct 2022
To be eligible for the certificate course in translation proficiency in English, a candidate must be proficient in a language other than English, preferably Urdu or Hindi, the university said ... should be proficient in a language other than English, the varsity said.
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How do short courses align with business needs?

Mail Guardian South Africa 10 Oct 2022
English is the most ... If we consider that businesses cannot function without excellent communication between the various stakeholders and that language is central to effective communication, we can clearly see how important it is to enhance and improve English language proficiency.
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Google will now hear isiXhosa and build its cloud storage in Africa

Independent online (SA) 10 Oct 2022
Beyond the cloud, Google also doubled their efforts in addressing the African languages’ challenge on the internet ... The announcement on languages is also another action worthy of celebration by the African continent ... The internet has just worsened the demise of African languages online by enabling the domination of the English language.
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British grandma devotes herself to rural education in China

ECNS 10 Oct 2022
English teacher Eleri Wynne from the UK has been devoting herself to cultivating students in rural China for many years ... In her eyes, what she has done will at least make rural children know that English is not only a language, but also a tool for communication, thus changing their views on English study.
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Ask a Techspert: How do virtual assistants understand your questions?

Google Blog 10 Oct 2022
This is what we call “natural language processing.” ... One other thing I’ve been wondering about is multi-language queries. If someone asks a question that has bits and bobs of different languages, how does Assistant understand them? ... At work, I speak English ... But I wouldn't speak to my husband in English because our language is Italian.
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'Baby talk' is the same in every language! Adults talking to young infants use high-pitched, ...

The Daily Mail 10 Oct 2022
Now, a study has revealed that this 'baby talk' is the same in every language, with people around the world transforming their voices when they speak to infants ... 'In the English language, caregivers typically exaggerate the difference in vowel sounds in infant directed speech, but this seemed to vary across other languages,' Mr Cox explained.

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