Tweeting about learning languages, technology in education, translation/interpreting, as well as language-related news in general.

Joined November 2009
An interview with @Doug_Lawrence about the importance of having your website in your customer's language: bbc.in/jV2YPA
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Countries where inclusion at school is greater are also those where trust between different groups in society is stronger.
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Translation for manufacturing, financial services and insurance, and health care growing by more than 25% annually bit.ly/wGWacE
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In Europe the fastest-paying clients are Norwegians, followed by Estonians and the Finnish. The record for late payment belongs to Italians.
Why asking a translation agency for a translation test doesn't make sense: ow.ly/8kDTe
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A lovely quiz about European languages: ec.europa.eu/languages/quiz/…
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Why do bilinguals behave differently depending on which language they are speaking? bit.ly/rGlp22 Thanks @RMTranslations for the link
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Do you know Duolingo? Here is a short video about it: youtu.be/WyzJ2Qq9Abs What do you think of the idea?
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75% of top American colleges and universities offer alternative online classes.
Critical thinking is a skill educators urgently need to develop in kids. They are submerged by information, but find making sense of it hard
Who are hyperpolyglots and how are they different from multilinguals? Michael Erard's interview: ow.ly/8kIGN
In her latest blog post, Laura Spencer outlines her 12 predictions for freelancing in 2012: ow.ly/8iSRS
Just how many languages co-exist in India? A new survey is throwing up some startling figures http://ow.ly/6RcAB #language #india
@tmsaue1 Another one you may wish to try out is Bambuser.com. You can broadcast even from your smartphone, and attendees can chat.
@tmsaue1 There is one that broadcasts your audio and video, and attendees can interact via chat: Ustream.tv. The quality there is very good.
While French enjoys enormous popularity among foreigners (82 mln are learning it), 7 out of 10 French believe that France is "in decline".
Is anyone using Dragon Naturally Speaking? If yes, what do you use it for? What sorts of documents do you dictate into it?
The most common verbs in French are: no.5 most common word: être, no.8: avoir, no.20: pouvoir, no.25: faire, no.27: mettre
@tmsaue1 When you say "sites" do you mean "websites" or "locations"? And will you need to hear the attendees or will they interact via chat?