Keyword: language
An interview with Chris Livaccari, whose new book touts the many virtues of multilingualism
The three-time NFL pro-bowler describes how he learned Chinese and how the experience boosted his career as a professional athlete.
Learning a second language is about more than getting ahead — it teaches a whole new way of thinking.
As a native Mandarin speaker and a diligent student of English and German, I can't help asking whether machine translation signals the obsolescence of learning a foreign language.
Is Shanghai a model of educational equity, as the OECD international school rankings suggest?
On International Mother Language Day, Asia Society's Chris Livaccari argues that while a lingua franca is important, so is linguistic diversity.
What's in a name? Territorial disputes in the Pacific tap into an older tradition of organizing reality through naming.
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities is providing supplies, electricity — and translation services — to those in need.
"When I first went to China in the mid-1990s," writes Asia Society's Chris Livaccari, "I often felt like a zoo animal with all the attention I got just from walking down the street."
Founded in 2011, Samosapedia is a comical crowd-sourced guide to lively linguistic stew of South Asia.
