Just a brief note here to pass on a reference for the website Yamli, featured recently on the blog TechCrunch. The company, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the U.S., says of its service: “Yamli makes technology that allows users to use their Latin keyboards to input text that gets transliterated into [...]

Last Friday, Professor Celeste Kinginger paid a visit to the Berkeley Language Center from Penn State University’s Department of Applied Linguistics. She gave a talk in which she explained how she’s now involved in a project researching the experiences of Americans studying abroad, and she argued that—despite the fact that the [...]

Want to work on your Kiswahili Conversation Skills? Come to the BEAR’S LAIR (attached to the Food Courts, off Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley Campus), every Friday, 4p.m. to 6p.m. Bring your enthusiasm, a dictionary, and just a willingness to soak it up! If you have additional questions, contact Amma Oduro < more→

Hi everyone, what are your favorite videos in non-English languages? Teachers in UCB language classes are looking for good recommendations. Thanks!