Here's presenter Michael Rosen and linguist Derek Bousfield discussing one example of hyperbole on BBC Radio 4's Word of ...

During an exhilarating moment of tension in Jodie Foster’s new film, “A Private Life,” Foster’s character, Lilian Steiner, an ...

Use 'semantic gradients' to turn vocabulary study into a shared thinking activity that explores the subtle differences ...

An individual who ‘knows the ropes’ is someone who is experienced; he is not only good at his job, but also knows the rules and regulations. He is someone who can get things done, and also, guide ...

Born Deaf, Chennai-based Shraddha Agarwal built SignSetu — a bilingual Indian Sign Language (ISL) platform that helps Deaf ...

Ontario, Dec 20 (The Conversation) Being a linguist — and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch) — I have an annoying ...

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A sixth-grader won her school’s spelling bee just five years after moving to Mesa from the Philippines and learning English.

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A robot face developed by researchers can now lip sync speech and songs after training on YouTube videos, using machine ...

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A poll found 72 per cent of teachers believe child poverty measures announced by the Government will help improve classrooms, rising to 85 per cent of those working in the most deprived schools ...