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Language Anxieties: A long decline (The Economist 12-Feb-2015)
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David Crystal: Why grammar lessons should be renamed ‘understanding language’
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Future English (as a lingua franca) -The Economist
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#BBCtrending: Is there a distinctive ‘Indian English’?
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Do different languages confer different personalities? (The Economist 8-11-2013)
Nov 5th 2013, 12:06 by R.L.G. | BERLIN LAST week, Johnson took a look at some of the advantages of bilingualism. These include better performance at tasks involving “executive function” (which involve the brain’s ability to plan and prioritise), better defence against dementia in old age and—the obvious—the ability to speak a second language. One purported…
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Decline in French Language Skills Worry Academics in Madagascar
