Showing results for "Last Words" in Education & Learning

With our earliest utterances, we announce ourselves—and are recognized—as persons ready for social life. With our final ones, we mark where others must release us to death's embrace. In Bye Bye I Love You, linguist and author Michael Erard explores these phenomena, commonly called "first words" and "last words," uncovering their cultural, historical, and biological entanglements and honoring their deep private significance.

Curious about all of those strange-sounding English-language idioms and funny accents?If so, tune in to this lighthearted podcast from in-house Babbel linguists Sam and Ted, where you’ll listen in on a Brit and an American twisting each others’ words, getting tongue-tied, trying to explain pretty much everything… and generally reflecting upon the strange beauty of that majestic, rather odd thing known as the English language!We’d love to get your feedback, suggestions, and to learn about your own language learning journey. The email is podcasting@babbel.com. Remember to mention “Sam ...

Mr. Jonathan Chambers senses that something is very wrong. The walk he takes every night is suddenly, slightly shorter. All around him things are vanishing. Is it because of the recent war or famine in the world? Does the scandalous theory that cost him his job hold the key? Or is it just the slowly unhinging mind of a recluse?

The day Archie lost his 31-year job as a laborer at a meatpacking company, he was forced to confront the secret he had held so closely for most of his life: at the age of 54, he couldn't read. For all his adult life, he'd been able to skirt around the issue. But now, forced to find a new job to support his family, he could no longer hide from the truth. The Last Reader Standing is the story of Archie's amazing and often painful journey of becoming literate at middle age, struggling with the newfound knowledge of his dyslexia.