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Listening and Speaking: Basic/Low Intermediate
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Unit 7: Good-Mood Foods
"Foods and Moods" (May 26, 2005) on The Infinite Mind, hosted by Dr. Peter Kramer.
Just thinking about eating your favorite foods can make you feel good. Now, scientists are unearthing surprising links between the foods you eat and behavior. The site includes a link to an audio file where you can listen to the report.
Unit 10: Endangered Languages
"Using a New Language in Africa to Save Dying Ones" (Nov. 12,
2004) by Marc Lacey of the New York Times.
Across Africa, linguists are working with experts in information technology to make computers more accessible to Africans who happen not to know English, French or the other major languages that have been programmed into the world's desktops. There are hundreds of languages in Africa — some spoken only by a few dozen elders — and they are dying out at an alarming rate. The continent's linguists see the computer as one important way of saving them.
"Half
of all languages face extinction this century" (Feb. 16,
2004) an article from New Scientist.com.
Scientists warn that half of all human languages will have disappeared
by the end of the century, as smaller societies are assimilated
into national and global cultures. Losing this linguistic diversity
will be a blow not only for cultural studies but also for cognitive
science.
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