Languages & Business

https://theconversation.com/beware-the-bad-big-wolf-why-you-need-to-put-your-adjectives-in-the-right-order-64982

Beware the bad big wolf: why you need to put your adjectives in the right order The use of adjectives in English has caused an internet storm – here are the 'rules' explained.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/07/being-bilingual-good-for-brain-mental-health?CMP=fb_gu

Why being bilingual works wonders for your brain Research suggests we may be predisposed to speak more than one language, and that doing so brings health benefits, such as delaying the onset of dementia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Arabic_origin_(A-B)

List of English words of Arabic origin (A-B) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The following English words have been acquired either directly from Arabic or else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into English. Most entered one or more of the Romance languages before entering English.

Forget French and Mandarin - Arabic is the language to learn The 10-year-old was looking at the card in front of him which showed an image of a fish. “Samak,” he said decisively.

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than... After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud

The language you speak changes your view of the world, research shows New research shows that bilinguals view the world in different ways depending on the specific language they are operating in.

http://www.globalpost.com/article/5637927/2011/04/15/worlds-languages-traced-back-single-african-mother-tongue-scientists

World's languages traced back to single African mother tongue: scientists New Zealand researchers have traced every human language — from English to Mandarin — back to an ancestral language spoken in Africa 50,000 to 70,000 years ago.

Ten innovations that have changed English language teaching | British Council What innovations in English language teaching (ELT) have had the biggest impact on your teaching? Teaching expert Chia Suan Chong lists her top ten.

WARNING: Do not cross your arms :-)!

21 Common Body Language Mistakes Even Smart People Make Whether they mean to or not, people will judge you by your gestures. Make sure you send the right message.

Share of the population stating they know at least one foreign language.

https://theconversation.com/english-has-taken-over-academia-but-the-real-culprit-is-not-linguistic-58240?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+April+25+2016+-+4735&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+April+25+2016+-+4735+CID_cee794b358468b44bd9547c4060c7fc9&utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&utm_term=English+has+taken+over+academia+but+the+real+culprit+is+not+linguistic

English has taken over academia: but the real culprit is not linguistic With English dominating university life around the world, what are we losing?

http://mentalfloss.com/article/60462/20-french-phrases-you-should-be-using?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Partner&utm_campaign=ozynew

20 French Phrases You Should Be Using As much as 30 percent of the English language—or roughly one in three English words—is believed to be derived directly from French. It’s a surprisingly high figure due in part to the Norman Conquest of 1066 which made French the language of the law, finance, government, the military, and the ruling…