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Through language learning programs such as Rosetta Stone and the BBC’s free learning website, it is now possible to learn a new language entirely online. But the Internet’s contribution to language learning goes beyond these programs. Now one can practice speaking a new language on LiveMocha, chat with other avatars in a different language on […]

The Language of Graffiti in the Age of Pixels

It may not be a spoken language, but graffiti is a quintessential, loud, New York street language. Now it is going global, with the Internet enriching how this counter-culture language is transmitted, learned and practiced.