Play These Mobile Games Designed to Help Save Dying Aboriginal Language and Culture

Play These Mobile Games Designed to Help Save Dying Aboriginal Language and Culture

Screenshots from the Nyiyaparli living language project app – credit, supplied by Nyiyaparli Widi An Australian Aboriginal community with only 8 fluent speakers left has launched a mobile phone game to help reconnect their youth with the tongue of their ancestors. The game allows you to help preserve a wetland nature reserve where the community … Read more

Speaking Two Languages Seems to Slows Aging, Speaking Three or More Augments the Effect

Speaking Two Languages Seems to Slows Aging, Speaking Three or More Augments the Effect

– credit Riky Speaking two or more languages is associated with a reduced risk of accelerated aging, according to data from more than 86,000 people across 27 European countries. It’s yet another great reason to learn a new language, or bring up a child in a bilingual household. Previous research has proposed that multilingualism can … Read more