Memoirs of political imprisonment often provide a disturbing window into the cruelty of particular regimes, but W. Hundee Hurrisoo's 'A Ten Minute Mission: The Least Price for Freedom' goes deeper. In ...
Beth and Pippa talk about learning languages and how to fight your fears of speaking English. Yeah, I've always felt like that with Spanish. I am scared to speak because I don't want to make mistakes, ...
The fear of making mistakes can be related to the fear of judgement and personality traits like being a perfectionist. Learn ...
What you need to know: According to a report by the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, illiteracy stands at 47 percent, with women disproportionately affected For many families across Uganda’s Albertine region, ...
Editor’s note: This article was produced by a University of Massachusetts Amherst journalism student, in collaboration with MassLive, as part of a project in professor Steve Fox’s Introduction to ...
Jessica Mary Bradley currently receives funding from the British Academy / Leverhulme Trust in collaboration with Wellcome. Abigail Parrish does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding ...
A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...
TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp ...