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Spinning Languages: Foreign Language Albums, July 2010

Spinning Languages is a new monthly feature by Beyond Words that highlights albums from around the world. This month we’re showcasing three great albums from Brazil, Southeast Asia, and South Africa. We think they’d compliment any barbecue, pool party, or...

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Now Playing: Foreign Language Films at the Theater, July 2010

A monthly feature by Beyond Words, Now Playing highlights some of the best foreign films currently playing at the theater. American attendance at foreign language films dropped exponentially during the last decade, with foreign film ticket sales accounting for less...

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Beyond Words Podcast: Episode 9

Episode 9: The Language News Report Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always...

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ALTA Seeking Iraqi-Arabic Linguists

ALTA Language Services, Inc. is a recognized leader in language services and language testing in the United States. Currently, we are seeking native to nearly native Iraqi-Arabic linguists, preferably with a strong degree of familiarity with the Interagency Language Roundtable...

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Endangered Language Watch: Shiyeyi

Sports teams are not the only things struggling for survival in Southern Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Like professional soccer outfits, languages often compete for dominance, and overtime some of them advance while others lose speakers and begin...

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Guest Bloggers Wanted

Would you like to contribute to ALTA’s Beyond Words blog? We were recently ranked by Lexiophiles as this year’s #2 language blog for language professionals and this year’s #9 overall language blog. Guidelines for Submission The article must be about...

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Beyond Words Podcast: Episode 8

Episode 8: The Language News Report Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always...

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Spinning Languages: Foreign Language Albums, June 2010

A while back, we reported on a language acquisition study mentioned in Cognitive Daily which suggests that listening to and singing along with music may play an important role in learning a language. We love to listen to and share...

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Beyond Words Podcast: Episode 7

Episode 7: The Language News Report Welcome to ALTA’s Beyond Words Podcast. Our podcasts provide listeners with the latest language news, language-related interviews, and language lessons that can be applied to real-world situations. They’re always brief, always informative, and always...

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Scholarships and Grants for Language and Translation Students

Obtaining a degree in the field of translation/interpretation can be a grueling and costly process. Top U.S. universities like the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and top-tier schools with degree-seeking programs in this field, like Georgetown and Stanford University, have...

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