Events matching tag "language"
Friday, March 7
Sports matter. Their marquee events -- the Olympics, various world championships, most prominently the World Cup in soccer, the Super Bowl,the World Series, the UEFA Champions League Final, the NBA and NHL finals, the Am…
Beginner
Presenters
Andrei Markovits
Saturday, March 8
52,000: The number of texts sent every second around the world. The proliferation of texting has exploded, starting with basic SMS in the late ‘90s, evolving to advanced iMessages and Emoji (picture characters) used to i…
Intermediate
Presenters
Ben Zimmer, Sam Huston
There is no doubt that words are powerful, but how can the application of big data impact the effectiveness of the way our human language is perceived? There are infinite variations to express one message, and the exact …
Intermediate
Presenters
Guy Krief, Michael Collins
Sunday, March 9
"I learned Spanish in school for 5 years, but don't speak it." How familiar does this sound? Benny Lewis, National Geographic's Traveler of the Year 2013, who can speak 12 languages, believes that it has nothing to do wi…
Beginner
Presenters
Benny Lewis