#NPR Code Switch #podcast: From the Confederacy to the White House: How Southern beauty traditions went MAGA https://www.npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-5768773/from-the-confederacy-to-the-white-house-how-southern-beauty-traditions-went-maga
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The University Of Massachusetts Boston Applied Linguistics Department. Posts about language, language acquisition, linguistics, and UMass Boston. Account managed by @koutropoulos
Marmalades may need to be relabelled under post-Brexit food deal https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0e53x475qjo
News from our local student paper: Vietnamese Student Association goes ‘back in time’ to honor culture https://umassmedia.com/41497/news/vsa-goes-back-in-time-to-honor-culture/
VSA goes ‘back in time’ to honor culture
UMass Boston’s Vietnamese Student Association hosted their annual culture show in Wheatley Hall’s Snowden Auditorium April 10. The theme of this year’s event, Rhythms of Youth, was portrayed by actors who told the story of Vietnamese children who learn about their parents’ history and culture. Culture chairs Viet Le and Minh Nguyen developed the theme...
Appreciation or appropriation? How Black culture is shaping Gen Z slang; Linguistics experts say many words and phrases coined by Gen Zers have roots in African American Language that date back centuries. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/appreciation-appropriation-black-culture-shaping-gen-z-slang-rcna265993
New at FLTMag: Brisk Teaching: An AI Tool Worth a Serious Look https://fltmag.com/brisk-teaching/
Brisk Teaching: An AI Tool Worth a Serious Look - The FLTMAG
By Gisele El Khoury, St. Lawrence University DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/EHBU6644 Introduction Teachers often feel they must spend countless hours providing individualized, timely feedback, creating lesson plans, building quizzes, and differentiating materials for diverse learners, a workload that frequently leads to burnout.
'I learned Korean to understand K-Pop' https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24jdnre75o
Local immersion program hosts hundreds of community members for it’s first-ever Chinese Cultural Night https://www.eastidahonews.com/2026/04/local-immersion-program-hosts-hundreds-of-community-members-for-its-first-ever-chinese-cultural-night/
Local immersion program hosts hundreds of community members for it's first-ever Chinese Cultural Night - East Idaho News
RIGBY — Hundreds of community members gathered at Rigby High School Friday evening to celebrate the school’s first-ever Chinese Cultural Night. Rigby High School’s Chinese Language Immersion Program hosted the event for students and the community at large to learn more about Jefferson Joint School District 251’s World Language Immersion Program. RELATED | Local language […]
A study on the linguistic landscape of international public spaces in Shanghai: a cosmopolitan translation perspective https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-06986-7
A study on the linguistic landscape of international public spaces in Shanghai: a cosmopolitan translation perspective - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Since the 1930s, Shanghai has evolved into a dynamic crossroads of Eastern and Western cultural exchange, increasingly positioning itself as a critical hub for global intercultural dialog. International communities in Shanghai, serving as microcosms of international coexistence, present a complex linguistic landscape where Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean dominate public signage. This paper examines the cosmopolitan dimensions of translation practices within these communities’ linguistic landscapes, particularly focusing on the symbiotic relationship between textual and visual elements. By analyzing translation strategies for bilingual, multilingual, and multimodal signs, the study highlights how translation not only facilitates cross-cultural communication but also actively shapes urban internationalization. In global cities like Shanghai, cosmopolitan translation in public spaces subtly accommodates diverse populations while fostering a hybrid yet cohesive urban identity. Departing from conventional disciplinary boundaries, this research bridges translation studies, urban sociology, and cosmopolitan theory, proposing that translation functions as both a methodological tool and a conceptual framework for interdisciplinary inquiry. The findings aim to expand the theoretical scope of translation studies while offering practical insights for multilingual urban planning.
Communication of sperm whales closely parallels human language, study finds https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/592638/communication-of-sperm-whales-closely-parallels-human-language-study-finds
You're Saying It Wrong #NPR #Podcast: Euphemisms https://www.kmuw.org/podcast/youre-saying-it-wrong/2026-04-04/euphemisms
