Over two dozen lessons address stories, letters, and folk tales that focus on Peace Corps Volunteer experiences in Asia and the Pacific islands. Topics include arranged marriages, learning a new language and culture, different cultural perspectives, rural Mongolian nomadic culture, cultural and economic complexities in China, learning to speak Chinese, what constitutes a good job, resolving contrasting values between cultures (Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea).

This module represents a discussion of choral diction with particular attention to English and Latin diction. Questions are given to stimulate one's attention to specific diction problems and solutions. References are also provided.

Step-by-step DIY tutorials for the world's almost 7000 languages. All tutorials are public domain or Creative Commons licensed. Anyone can copy any article so they can translate and localize it for their language and context.

At the completion of this lesson you will be able to write something about your leisure activities. You will write the first exercise in future tense. Then you will write an email about what Paola has done (and here you will use passato prossimo). You can listen to a dialogue for help. The third exercise is in the same tense. Here you will get help through illustrations. You will learn to form sentences in the different tenses. Lastly, you will answer an email of someone who asked you what you have been doing.

This unit will help you to identify and use information in Modern Languages, whether for your work, study or personal purposes. Experiment with some of the key resources in this subject area, and learn about the skills which will enable you to plan searches for information, so you can find what you are looking for more easily. Discover the meaning of information quality, and learn how to evaluate the information you come across. You will also be introduced to the many different ways of organising your own information, and learn how to reference it properly in your work. Finally, discover how to keep up to date with the latest developments in your area of interest by using tools such as RSS and mailing lists.

Introduction to fundamental concepts in syntactic theory and its relation to issues in philosophy and cognitive psychology. Examples and exercises from a variety of languages. This course will acquaint you with some of the important results and ideas of the last half - century of research in syntax. We will explore a large number of issues and a large amount of data so that you can learn something of what this field is all about. From time to time, we will discuss related work in language acquisition and processing. The class will emphasize ideas and arguments for these ideas in addition to the the details of particular analyses. At the same time, you will learn the mechanics of one particular approach (sometimes called Principles and Parameters syntax). Most of all, the course tries to show why the study of syntax is exciting, and why its results are important to researchers in other language sciences. The class assumes some familiarity with basic concepts of theoretical linguistics, of the sort you could acquire in 24.900.

This course provides an overview of the distinctive features which distinguish sound categories of languages of the world. Theories which relate these categories to their acoustic and articulatory correlates, both universally and in particular languages are covered. Models of word recognition by listeners, features, and phonological structure are also discussed. In addition, the course offers a variety of perspectives on these issues, drawn from Electrical Engineering, Linguistics and Cognitive Science.

Languages and compilers to exploit multithreaded parallelism. Implicit parallel programming using functional languages and their extensions. Higher-order functions, non-strictness, and polymorphism. Explicit parallel programming and nondeterminism. The lambda calculus and its variants. Term rewriting and operational semantics. Compiling multithreaded code for symmetric multiprocessors and clusters. Static analysis and compiler optimizations.

At the completion of this lesson you will be able to: understand a conversation between two students who introduce themselves to each other.