[lg policy] Scottish as a Second Language

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


Science



Scottish as a Second Language



It's a common problem for people learning a foreign language. You've
mastered one dialect--say, the Norwegian spoken in Oslo or the Spanish
spoken in Mexico--and then you go to Trondheim or Madrid and think,
"What in the heck are these people speaking?" A new study offers a tip
for learning to recognize unfamiliar dialects: Watch a foreign film
with foreign subtitles.



Full story:

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1111/2

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