Language

The history of war idioms and expressions

Let’s take a look at some idioms related to battle and see what they mean and how they originated. 

By RUTH BELOFF
09/12/2023

'Dee Inglish Revolooshon': Changing the spelling of the English language - review

A new book describes a revolution in the English language, changing it for sound-based spelling.

Oxford University Press announces Word of the Year 2023

This year's winner means to have "style, charm, or attractiveness; the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner.”

Reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies can help them learn language

Babies don’t begin to process phonetic information reliably until seven months old – too late to form the foundation of language.

Beersheba’s Hagar bilingual school

The unexpected benefits of being bilingual - study

Florida research studied between those who speak two languages and those who speak one and found that the bilingual brain may be better at ignoring irrelevant info

Israeli school teaches English through hands-on art

Experimenting with new things was the approach chosen by Oshrit Mor, coordinator of AMIT Hammer’s English program and its Mofet program for gifted students.

By JORDANA BENAMI
03/11/2023

How do cities, countries get their nicknames? - explainer

Let’s take a little geographical galavant and see how certain cities came by their metropolitan monikers. 

By RUTH BELOFF
21/10/2023

Dozens of interpreters assisting Israeli citizens, residents to overcome language barrier

The Emergency Interpreting Call Center at Bar-Ilan University is providing language interpreting in 10 languages.

Getting justice in Tiberias over a law and bad English - comment

A billboard advertising to English-speaking tourists in Tiberias was filled with mistakes, and the "caretaker mayor" said they would look into if it was incorrect.

16/09/2023

California Jewish teen helping Spanish-speaking learners become teachers

Some immigrants, especially recent arrivals, find that integrating linguistically, culturally and socially is almost beyond their reach.

By ELANA SZTOKMAN/JTA
08/09/2023
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