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800 years of English history in 20 easy trips
Magna Carta’s anniversary is big news, but a lot has happened in the 800 years since. Source: www.theguardian.com See on Scoop.it – Applied linguistics and knowledge engineering
What’s the purpose of education in the 21st century? – Washington Post (blog)
To make a living? To be a good citizen? To lead a healthy productive life? What about all of the above? Source: www.washingtonpost.com See on Scoop.it – Applied linguistics and knowledge engineering
#CFP The 10th Web as Corpus Workshop (WAC-10) Submission deadline: 24 April 2015
The 10th Web as Corpus Workshop (WAC-10) First Call for Papers 10 August 2015, Herstmonceux Castle, UK Submission deadline: 24 April 2015 Endorsed by the Special Interest Group of the ACL on Web as Corpus The web has become increasingly popular as a source of linguistic data, not only within the NLP community, but also … Read more
Words of joy show muscle: Las palabras alegres ganan a las tristes (SP)
Un análisis de 100.000 palabras de 10 idiomas muestra que los vocablos positivos dominan la comunicación humana Source: elpais.com See on Scoop.it – Applied linguistics and knowledge engineering
Language MOOCs. Providing Learning, Transcending Boundaries freely accessible online
Through the CALICO List:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Martín-Monje, Elena and Elena Bárcena (Eds.). 2014. Language MOOCs. Providing Learning, Transcending Boundaries. Berlin: De Gruyter Open. This pioneering book presents an initial analysis of the theoretical and methodological issues underlying Language MOOCs and presents empirical evidence of their potential for the development of language communicative competences. It provides a mosaic-like … Read more