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Chinese Culture Year in Germany Opens with Grand Concert CRIENGLISH.com - Jan 30, 2012 The concert, performed by the China Philharmonic Orchestra at the Music Hall on the Gendarme Market, marks the open of 2012 Chinese Culture Year in Germany. [Photo: CRI online] The 2012 Chinese Culture Year in Germany marking the 40th anniversary of and more »

Program to Showcase Chinese Culture TribLocal - Jan 30, 2012 The Epoch TimesBy Jan Oblinger Friday at 4:31 pm China's rich customs and traditions will be showcased in a "Tea Ceremony and A Taste of Chinese Culture" program at Fremont Public Library on Feb. 1 at 7 pm of the world's premier performing arts troupes, Classical Chinese Culture is 'Re-flowering,' Says ProfessorChinese Diplomat Defames Shen Yun in Letter to Seattle CouncilmemberWeekend best bets: Jan. 27-29 - -all 86 news articles »

The Chinese Renaissance, Through Dance La Prensa - Jan 31, 2012 Have you heard of the China known as “The Land of the Divine?” Ancient myths and legends throughout history record that the Middle Kingdom was continually guided by celestial beings. Traditional Chinese culture attributes all aspects of its China asks Seattle leaders to skip dance troupe performanceShen Yun Leaves Detroit in Amazementall 3 news articles »

Chinese city bans schools' palm-reading test CNN (blog) - Jan 31, 2012 The Express TribuneChinese city bans schools' palm-reading testLea Walker, founder and director of the US Chinese Culture Center in Columbia, South Carolina, told CNN that she understood why some Chinese parents might be interested in the palm-reading tests. She taught early childhood education at Wuhan University In China schools, tiny tots face palm-reading testsToddlers subjected to palm-reading assessments in Chinaall 66 news articles »

In China, banning shark fin is uphill battle Los Angeles Times - Jan 31, 2012 Zhu rejected the notion that shark fin soup is an important part of Chinese culture. "It's a token of generosity in government and business," she said. "Culture is something that everybody has exposure to. Shark fin just isn't that type of thing.and more »

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Vladimir Putin plans 100-book Russian canon all students must read The Guardian - Jan 26, 2012 Vladimir Putin has laid out his plans to compile a canon of 100 Russian books "that every Russian school leaver will be required to read" in an attempt to preserve the "dominance of Russian culture". In an article running to more than 4500 words in Putin proposes Russian literary canon that's “scary as hell”all 3 news articles »

Russian Screenwriter shuns honour RT - Jan 26, 2012 A prominent Russian screen writer has returned an honour from France in protest over the country's stand on Armenian genocide. Rustam Ibragimbekov, comes from an Azeri family, and disagrees with the new French law which makes it a crime to deny the French bill adopted by parliament threat to European culture - Davutogluall 341 news articles »

Vladimir Putin would like you to read a book: Why his proposal for a "Russian ... New York Daily News (blog) - Jan 25, 2012 Murmansk & Shtokman NewsVladimir Putin would like you to read a book: Why his proposal for a "Russian But his cultural-unity-through-literature proposal is most chilling of all. For it is a rule of history that only tyrants are interested in what their subjects read. Most of the tediously long essay, called “Russia: The Ethnicity Issue,” is shamelessly Putin proposes introduction of mandatory language and culture test for Putin outlines his manifesto on nationalism and ethnic strifeVladimir Putin's presidential campaign and ethnic Russian nationalism - -all 995 news articles »

Russian Words to live by in London RT - Jan 26, 2012 Russian speaking sales assistants will be on hand to help with purchases. "For Russophiles, and the large, vibrant Russian community in London, we aim to make Slova an irresistible literary and cultural destination," says James Daunt, the managing Waterstones to open Russian "bookshop"all 3 news articles »

Twin-cities celebrate India-Russia connect Russia & India Report - Jan 26, 2012 Thousands of miles apart, but linked in spirit, these twin-cities of India and Russia radiate a certain cultural affinity and emotional connect that's hard to match. A photo exhibition held in New Delhi last year artfully illuminated hidden connections

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Did Web Search Kill Artificial Intelligence? Smart Data Collective - Jan 16, 2012 As we have since learned, creating AIs is extremely hard and requires a very large portion of the smart people coming out of a broad spectrum of disciplines including software engineering, robotics, psychology, cognitive science and linguistics.

Six years is good but eight years is better Inquirer.net - Dec 30, 2011 Research has shown that it takes six to eight years of first language (L1) education for children to develop their cognitive and linguistic skills in that language. Only then is it advisable to shift them to second language (L2) instruction.

Noam Chomsky to Speak at UA UA News (press release) - Jan 09, 2012 “Noam Chomsky is not only a giant in the fields of linguistics and cognitive science, but is also a provocative and influential public figure," said John Paul Jones III, dean of the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, or SBS. and more »

Brainy Trees, Metaphorical Forests: On Neuroscience, Embodiment, and Architecture PLoS Blogs (blog) - Jan 09, 2012 No need to draw on the neuroscience cloak, embodied cognition is plenty cool enough, particularly the work in cognitive linguistics and perceptual psychology that to my eyes drive the main thrust of the essay. Many of the associations we make emerge

Honors and Other Things UPENN Almanac - Jan 10, 2012 Dr. Aravind Joshi, Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science, and Mitchell Marcus, RCA Professor of Artificial Intelligence, have been named Fellows by the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). and more »

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AN College to teach foreign languages Times of India - Jan 06, 2012 PATNA: AN College has decided to start new courses in German and French languages soon to fulfill the needs of the students. The college, which has already started course in Korean language, is likely to shortlist candidates for these courses shortly, and more »

Eclipse to Support Google Dart, Other New Languages eWeek - Jan 06, 2012 EclipseCon 2012 will highlight Eclipse support for several new languages, including Google's new Dart web development language. The Eclipse open source software development platform continues to be a hotbed for new projects and support for new

Most useful second language? Poll Position - Jan 06, 2012 If not, you might want to consider studying one of them because Americans believe those are the top two languages that would be most useful to learn as a second language. Spanish is the favorite by a huge margin. Sixty percent of Americans say Spanish and more »

Global language meet kicks off in Vadodara today Indian Express - Jan 06, 2012 Hundreds of experts and activists representing 900 languages of the world thronged the city on Friday for a two-day global language conference that starts here on Saturday. The international meet is being organised to share the experiences in

My View: Why language study should be part of your college experience CNN (blog) - Jan 05, 2012 by Russell Berman, Special to CNN Editor's note: Russell A. Berman is the 2011 President of the Modern Language Association and professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies at Stanford University. At college, students face a dizzying array of and more »

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