Etiket: Language
Combat language champion Choukoud for Amsterdam Marathon: “All or nothing”
No careful watching the cat out of the tree. Dutch champion Khalid Choukoud promises to go full attack on Sunday at the 46th edition of the Amsterdam Marathon. “It will…
Karen gives language lessons to Filipino nurses as a ‘nun van Vught’
Language teacher Karen Tangel with her Filipino students (photo: private collection) The Tilburg woman on her way to her students in Manila 9 (photo: private collection) Next onePrevious 1/2 Language…
World first: University of Namur develops online dictionary French-Sign Language
The University of Namur has developed a French-Belgian Sign Language dictionary, which users can consult in both languages via facial recognition software. The dictionary, which the university presented on Wednesday,…
Without language we are all nothing – new season of the LH3 podcast!
Anette Baumgärtner, Professor of Speech Therapy at the University of Luebeck, mainly works with patients who have to relearn how to speak due to brain damage following a stroke. But…
‘Dutch language is not a key to success’
Young refugees are obliged to learn Dutch as quickly as possible. Only to find out afterwards, sometimes, that they prefer to speak English with Dutch people. Anthropologist Moos Pozzo conducted…
Column | How the Stedelijk is killing our beautiful language
I like to be enriched in museums, but I don’t need to be as rich as in the following sentence: „Abstracting parables consists of three historical artistic positions that offer…
“You have to correct the language”
Roland Kaiser advocates gender: “I think dealing with it and understanding the thought behind gender is something positive. This is also a sensible learning process for older people,” he said…
The most important plans of Prinsjesdag 2022 in simple language | News item
News item | 20-09-2022 | 15:15 Read the most important plans of Prinsjesdag 2022 in simple language. National budget 2023 The government prepares a budget every year. It states how…
Tinder launches a language guide for online dating
S.and if you’re not exactly a digital native, it’s not always easy to keep up with whirlwind of virtual trends that are born and die in the blink of a…
Javier Marías, essential writer of the Spanish language, died
The death Javier Marias It has impacted the world today. The writer, one of the most important of the last century in the Spanish language, had 70 years and for…