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Tapping the brain for words 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Our next guest post comes from Doug Higby. Doug is with SIL International where he coordinates training and promotion of technology for advancing language-based development in the thousands of languag...
Seeding, weeding, map-reading, heeding 26 Aug 2013 | 01:24 pm
In my previous post I described the metaphor of ‘building a house‘ as one way of understanding the process of language acquisition, and suggested that it contains more than a grain of truth, but has i...
Language and words in the news – 23rd August, 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language chang...
Languge tip of the week: increase 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spell...
Updating … A new version of your dictionary is now available 21 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
I was going to write about literally this week, after the recent fuss over the word’s meaning. But Michael Rundell has already shown clearly how literally has more than one meaning – like it or not – ...
Macmillan Dictionary’s new update 19 Aug 2013 | 01:35 pm
In an earlier post, I mentioned an interview I had with a journalist, many years ago, about all the changes we had made in a new edition of a dictionary I then edited. Predictably, none of the really ...
Language tip of the week: holiday 15 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spell...
Getting a new language 12 Aug 2013 | 06:14 pm
The meanings of acquire listed in the Macmillan Dictionary include: 1 to get something, for example by buying it or being given it 2 to get new knowledge or a new skill by learning it 5 to gradually d...
Language and words in the news – 9th August, 2013 9 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
This post contains a selection of links related to language and words in the news. These can be items from the latest news, blog posts or interesting websites related to global English, language chang...
Language tip of the week: unsure 8 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
In this weekly post, we bring more useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary to English language learners. These tips are usually based on areas of English which learners find difficult, e.g. spell...
