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An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses.
Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half.
Mr Duncombe says when recruiting staff he has been "shocked at the poor quality of written English".
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"Facebook, YouTube and even texting will be the salvation of many of the world's endangered languages, scientists believe." ---------- K. David Harrison (an associate professor of linguistics at Swarthmore College and a National Geographic Fellow) explains that languages are the human knowledge base : everything human beings know is encoded in languages and cultures. Harrison also tells about his dictionary project : the starting point is... any language of the world ! These online dictionaries started about a decade ago. - - - - - An article / a 03'58" audio file (the interview) and... 126 comments !
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"Site institutionnel d'accompagnement de l'enseignement des langues vivantes à l'école, Primlangues réunit, entre autres, des séquences pédagogiques, des activités pour la classe et des supports de cours." Via boizard Delete the scoop?
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"Le miracle de l’internet c’est bien l’échange! Surtout l’échange spécialisé qui permet de rencontrer des gens avec les mêmes affinités ou les mêmes besoins. Justement en terme d‘apprentissage des langues, nous sommes vraiment servis! [...]" Cocktail Web - Actualité de l'Internet et les outils du Web... Delete the scoop?
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