Addison Fisher
Linguistics Secretary
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What's the Hardest Part of Learning English? Students and Teachers Don't Always Agree
Learning a new language is tough—but what parts are actually the hardest? a study by Hartshorn, McMurry, and Rich looked into this question by asking both English learners and their teachers to rate the difficulty of seven different language skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation.
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Exploring How Language Lights Up the Brain: A Study of Pastaza Kichwa Ideophones
In the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, researchers Dan P. Dewey, Jeffrey J. Green, Janis Nuckolls, Auna Nygarrd, and Tod D. Swanson set out to explore a fascinating question: Can words alone—without any extra explanation—trigger sensory experiences in the brain?
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From Chaos to Clarity—Untangling Voices to Evaluate Audio Separation
Imagine you're playing a board game—let's say Codenames. As one team is guessing which tiles belong to their team, players on the other team engage in small side conversations. Amidst all the many conversations happening around you, you suddenly wonder: is there a way to separate all those overlapping voices so you can clearly hear each conversation?
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