CountryData—Wolfram Language Documentation CountryData["tag","property"] gives the value of the specified property for the country, country-like entity, or group of countries specified by CountryData["tag",{property,...,dates}]gives time series for certain economic and other properties. DetailsDetails CountryData["tag"] gives the standardized name for the country or country-like entity specified by , or a list of standardized names if corresponds to a group of countries. ExamplesExamplesopen allclose all Basic Examples (8)Basic Examples (8) Find the population of France: Find the members of the G8: Find the GDPs of members of the G8: Logarithmic rank plot of populations of all countries: A log-log scatter plot of GDP against population for all countries, with tooltips for country name: Find the GDP of France in 1970: Plot the GDP of France from 1970 to 2005: Basic iconic shape of France: Generate a world map using a Mollweide projection: Introduced in 2007
List of language proficiency tests This is a list of standardized tests that assess someone's language proficiency of a foreign/secondary language. Arabic[edit] Arabic Language Proficiency Test (ALPT) Catalan[edit] Certificats de català - Institut Ramon Llull[1] Chinese (Mandarin)[edit] HSK - Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi. Czech[edit] CCE - Czech Language Certificate Exam[2]TELC - The European Language Certificates Dutch[edit] Nederlands als Tweede Taal (Dutch as a second language, abbreviated NT2). English[edit] Finnish[edit] Various, Yleiset kielitutkinnot from Opetushallitus[4] French[edit] German[edit] Deutsches Sprachdiplom Stufe I and II - German as a foreign languageDSH - Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den HochschulzugangTELC - The European Language CertificatesTestDaF - Test Deutsch als FremdspracheZD - Zertifikat DeutschZDfB - Zertifikat Deutsch für den Beruf Greek[edit] KGP - State Certificate of Language ProficiencyIGCSE - Greek as foreign languageTELC - The European Language Certificates Hungarian[edit] Irish[edit] Italian[edit]
Use consequently in a sentence | consequently sentence examples American English Dialects North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns Small-Scale Dialect Map The small map below is the same as the Full-Scale Dialect Map that follows, but shows the entire width of the map (on most monitors). 24-Aug.-2010 Click on any part of this map to move to the equivalent part of the Full-Scale Dialect Map. (For now this only moves to the far left or the far right of the Full-Scale Dialect Map, so unfortunately it doesn’t work well for the middle portions, and you will just have to scroll over.) 24-Aug.-2010 Full-Scale Dialect Map Instructions For many of the cities or towns on this map, you can listen to an audio or video sample of speech of a native (more specifically, someone who was raised there, though not necessarily born there, and whose dialect clearly represents that place). Use the scroll bars to move around on this map, or, even simpler, start at the tiny map above and click the country (U.S. or Canada) that you want to look at. Help! Map Notes Other Sources 1.
Sophisme Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Un sophisme est une argumentation à la logique fallacieuse. C'est un raisonnement qui cherche à paraître rigoureux mais qui n'est en réalité pas valide au sens de la logique (quand bien même sa conclusion serait pourtant la « vraie »). À l'inverse du paralogisme, qui est une erreur dans un raisonnement, le sophisme est fallacieux : il est prononcé avec l'intention de tromper l'auditoire afin, par exemple, de prendre l'avantage dans une discussion. Souvent, les sophismes prennent l'apparence d'un syllogisme (qui repose sur des prémisses insuffisantes ou non-pertinentes ou qui procède par enthymème, etc.). Ils peuvent aussi s'appuyer sur d'autres mécanismes psychologiques jouant par exemple avec l'émotion de l'auditoire, l'ascendant social du locuteur (argument d'autorité) ou des biais cognitifs (comme l'oubli de la fréquence de base). Origines du mot[modifier | modifier le code] Exemples[modifier | modifier le code] Le ridicule ne tue pas,
International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)[note 1] is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association as a standardized representation of the sounds of oral language.[1] The IPA is used by lexicographers, foreign language students and teachers, linguists, speech-language pathologists, singers, actors, constructed language creators, and translators.[2][3] History[edit] Since its creation, the IPA has undergone a number of revisions. After major revisions and expansions in 1900 and 1932, the IPA remained unchanged until the IPA Kiel Convention in 1989. Extensions to the IPA for speech pathology were created in 1990 and officially adopted by the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association in 1994.[11] Description[edit] A chart of the full International Phonetic Alphabet, expanded and re-organized from the official chart. Letterforms[edit] Symbols and sounds[edit] Brackets and phonemes[edit]
Scientists say the ways humans describe nature transcends culture and geography Kampala, Uganda At a bustling Kampala market, Desire Karakire listens to a group of young men express their frustrations over the state of their country. Like most of their peers, they’re underemployed and extremely poor—and they feel the only way the situation will change is through violent revolution. “Leadership involves blood,” says Richard Ssenyoga, 23. With Uganda’s Feb. 18 national election approaching, these sentiments of violence are exactly what youth activists like Karakire are trying to mitigate. “If violence broke out, we all have so much to lose. Eight candidates are running for the presidency including Yoweri Museveni who has held the position for 30 years, his long-time rival Kizza Besigye and former prime minster Amama Mbabazi. Previous elections serve as a reminder of the level of violence that can occur. In attempt to gain control over the situation, young people are increasingly gathering online and on the streets to advocate for a peaceful election.
AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Move your cursor over any area of the map to reveal the 'magnifying glass' circle. Scroll your mouse wheel to zoom in or out within the magnifying circle. On touch screens, tap once on the screen to show the magnifying circle. Then, keep your finger on the screen and move the circle around to show the zoomed in map. Purchase your map from our online store For thousands of years, the original inhabitants of Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples occupied the lands with very different boundaries than today, centred on intimate cultural relationships with the land and sea. “It’s my fathers land, my grandfather’s land, my grandmothers land. The map is an attempt to represent all the language, tribal or nation groups of the Indigenous peoples of Australia. The map was developed along with the Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia as part of a research project. "What was before Lord Vestey born and I born? Limitations of the map Further information
Fuzzy-trace theory Fuzzy-trace theory (FTT) is a theory of cognition originally proposed by Valerie F. Reyna and Charles Brainerd[1] that draws upon dual-trace[clarification needed] conceptions to predict and explain cognitive phenomena, particularly in memory and reasoning. The theory has been used in areas such as cognitive psychology, human development, and social psychology to explain, for instance, false memory[2] and its development,[3] probability judgments,[4] medical decision making,[5][6][7][8] risk perception and estimation, and biases and fallacies in decision making.[9][10] History[edit] In 1999, a similar approach was applied to human vision.[17] It suggested that human vision has two types of processing: one that aggregates local spatial receptive fields, and one that parses the local receptive field. Memory[edit] FTT posits two types of memory processes (verbatim and gist) and, therefore, it is often referred to as a dual process theory of memory. Principles[edit] Process independence[edit]
What's the best way to teach languages? | Teacher Network Alex Rawlings was a language teacher's dream. He fell in love with languages when he was eight and learnt Greek, then German, then Dutch. Now, an undergraduate at Oxford, he is the UK's most multi-lingual student, speaking 11 languages. "I remember seeing people on the beach in Greece when I was a kid and not being able to talk to them," says Alex. Such enthusiasm is rare: a report by the British Academy this year found there was a growing deficit in foreign language skills. "We're failing to inspire people," says Alex. Language pedagogy has come a long way since the days when repetitive grammar-translation methods were regarded as the only way to learn. For Christelle Bernard, a French and Spanish teacher at St Gemma's High School in Belfast, these methods of teaching allow her to cast aside the textbook whenever she can. Her task-based teaching embraces ideas which range from lessons using computers, to audio-visual and kinesthetic learning.
Home Amelia Earhart: Breaking Barriers of Earth and Sky | Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Editor's Note: This post is part of a series produced by HuffPost's Girls In STEM Mentorship Program. Join the community as we discuss issues affecting women in science, technology, engineering and math. If Amelia Earhart were alive today, there is a good chance she would be a NASA astronaut. I say that, not only because of Earhart's noted passion for breaking barriers of possibility in flight, but also for her determination to break barriers of exclusion here on Earth. At a time when women and minorities were rarely seen in the cockpit of an airplane, Amelia Earhart's pioneering achievements broke the silence barrier, inspired a nation and paved the way for so many others who have followed in her path. She holds a special place in our hearts at NASA. While NASA was not officially born until 1958, twenty-one years after Earhart disappeared during her 1937 attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world, she had a connection to the agency.
8 Practical Ways to Learn All the Foreign Language Vocabulary Needed for Conversational Fluency Did you know that 1,000 words can get you a long, long way in a foreign language? It might not seem that easy when you’re looking at the raw numbers. The Oxford English Dictionary includes more than 170,000 English word entries. The “Hanyu Da Cidian” dictionary includes 370,000 Mandarin Chinese words, and the “Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language” includes 200,000 Russian words. As a language learner, these numbers can seem downright crazy! Luckily, you don’t need to learn anywhere near that many words to communicate proficiently. So simply learning 1,000 words can get you far in your ability to understand texts and communicate with people. With a little strategy and the right tools, you can learn much faster and easier than you might have imagined. 1. The first step to learning effectively is to identify what you want to focus on and set goals. If you have a strong interest in a particular subject, start with that. 2. 3. Do you know what it means to “learn” a word?
The Recordings: BAPLAR (Babylonian and Assyrian Poetry and Literature: An Archive of Recordings) SOAS University of London Special characters (tsade and tet) are in Steve Tinney's Ungkam font, derived from sil.org's Gentium font. To display them correctly, download the font from oracc.museum.upenn.edu/doc/user/fonts. The download is free. There are both a Mac Suitcase version and a Win/Linux OpenType version. The Old Babylonian Period (c. 1900-1500 BCE) Ammi-Ditana’s Hymn to Ishtar The Codex Hammurabi The Epic of Gilgamesh, Old Babylonian Version, Tablet II The Epic of Gilgamesh, Old Babylonian Version, BM+VAT Lines ii.0'-iii.14, read by Martin West The Epic of Anzû, Old Babylonian Version, Tablet II Lines 1-83, read by Claus Wilcke Atra-Hasīs, Old Babylonian Version, Tablet I Lines i.1-iii.16, read by Claus Wilcke Diviner's Prayer to the Gods of the Night Read by Michael Streck Incantation for Dog Bite Read by Michael Streck Letter of Marduk-nāṣir to Ruttum (AbB III 15) Read by Wilfred van Soldt Letter of Kurkurtum to Erīb-Sîn (AbB XII 89) Read by Wilfred van Soldt The First Millennium BC Incantation for Tooth Worm