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  View 796 comments In this article, Roumyana Slabakova asks ‘what is easy in second language learning?’ She gives an example from her own research which shows that due to our human capacity for language, some aspects of language learning may be easier than others. What is easy in second language learning? I shall give an example of second language acquisition (of universal grammatical meanings) from a recent Mandarin Chinese experiment of mine. At the heart of this experiment lies the separation between grammatical meanings and their linguistic expressions, or realizations: one and the same meaning can be expressed in many different ways. Look at these ways to express the past in English and in Mandarin Chinese:   Meaning Expression English Past work ed Mandarin Chinese Past work yesterday It is well known that Mandarin Chinese does not have a special morpheme to mark the past tense, as the English  -ed . The use of adverbs such as  ye...

In this article, Roumyana Slabakova presents a research study which shows that some aspects of grammar may be problematic for everyone to learn (native speakers too!). The article she refers to is: Dabrowska, E. and Street, J. (2006) ‘Individual differences in language attainment: Comprehension of passive sentences by native and non-native English speakers’ in  Language Sciences,  vol. 28, pp 604-615 In this section, we will consider what is hard in learning language. By looking at what is difficult for native speakers, we can understand what might be difficult for non-native speakers. We know from research that some aspects of language can be harder than others to learn or to use. I will share with you the results of an experimental study which set out to discover how speakers of English use grammatical morphemes to get sentence meaning. For example, one such morpheme, the ending ‘–ed’, is very versatile. It can mark past tense but it can also make ...

Bilingualism and the Benefits for the Brain

. Jane Lawson explains: "I recently watched an interview on TV with a Spanish lady who has lived and worked in Britain for over twenty years. Her English was perfect! Except... she still made one very common mistake! Even the most advanced speakers of English sometimes get these two structures mixed up. If you pay attention to this DailyStep Audio Word Study, I hope you will never make this mistake again!" . . Used to Meaning :  We use ‘ used to’  when we are talking about the past. We use it to talk about something that we did regularly in the past, or a situation that was true in the past. . Examples:  1. I used to live in Cardiff.  ( note:  ‘used to’ is followed by the  bare infinitive  – in other words, the infinitive without ‘to’. Here, the bare infinitive is ‘live’.) 2. He used to smoke, but he doesn’t smoke any more.  ( note:  here, the bare infinitive is ‘smoke’.) 3. I didn’t use to eat oysters but now I love them...

B ilinguals get all the perks. Better job prospects, a cognitive boost, and even protection against dementia. Now  new research shows  that they can also view the world in different ways depending on the language they are operating in.  Learn Another Language

as EXIGÊNCIAS No mundo profissional moderno SÃO muitas. Algumas EXIGÊNCIAS são: "A NECESSIDADE DE DOMÍNIO DOS DIVERSOS REGISTROS DA SUA LÍNGUA PARA O BOM EXERCÍCIO DA PROFISSÃO, O MODO COMO O ENSINO DE LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA TEM SIDO ENCARADO NOS ÚLTIMOS TEMPOS E A INSERÇÃO DO TRADUTOR NA REALIDADE POLÍTICO-SOCIAL ATRAVÉS DO USO QUE ELE FAZ DO SEU IDIOMA". O Tradutor e o Português

Quando não ultrapassam, as novas tecnologias acompanham todos os movimentos na sociedade global. Portando, para aprender e lidar com qualquer invenção tecnológica, devemos ser corajosos, capazes de vencer inúmeros desafios e assim nos tornamos capazes de quebrar os paradigmas. Pois os novos paradigmas, como as versões dos filmes para várias línguas, são exemplos de que nós tradutores não trabalhamos apenas com as línguas propriamente ditas. A tarefa do tradutor vai muito além. Neste texto descobriremos um pouco sobre algumas novidades no mundo da tradução e quais são esses novos paradigmas com os quais nos deparamos atualmente.  divertida-mente  Divertido!