In this video, the speaker argues that the English alphabet is in need of an update to better reflect the sounds of the language. They explore letters from other alphabets that could be borrowed and propose the addition of new letters,...

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes Bill Stokoe’s early work on analyzing sign languages and searching for the relevant parameters to characterize meaning.

Historian Michael Berry (UCLA) discusses how he experienced more culture shock on returning to the USA from China than in going to China.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego) discusses the growing research overlap of sign language linguistics with modern neuroscience.

David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton University, muses on the differences between native speakers of non-gendered and gendered languages.

Sign language linguist Carol Padden relates the importance of Bill Stokoe’s pioneering work for developing a deeper understanding, not only of sign language, but of the linguistic structure of all languages.

Sign language linguist Carol Padden describes how smaller languages are often much more impenetrable to outsiders than larger languages, due to a combination of grammatical structure and common sense of reference.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), reflects on how technology might affect the future use of sign languages.

Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) gives some key pointers to young translators.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes how different cultural reference points sometimes make it particularly difficult for us to learn foreign languages.

“Etymology” describes the way to research and determine the origins of words.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes unique aspects of humor that American Sign Language enables.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes how gesture is used in both sign languages and spoken languages.

Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Learning to Code

¡Hola! In this video lesson, we're going to be practicing the "impersonal se" or "passive se".

This week, we’re talking about Natural Language Processing! Stay tuned for the end of the video for a lot of bloopers :)

Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes a core question in linguistics concerning how language and thought are related.

Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) discusses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, while admitting that most cognitive scientists opt for the middle road between the two intellectual poles.

Melissa Henning is the Educational Content Manager for Source for Learning, the non-profit parent company of TeachersFirst. She has over 16 years of experience in education. Melissa is a frequent presenter at national and regional...

Portugal’s Influence on Brazil explores the influence of Portugal on Brazil and the differences in history and culture.

Native American Code Talkers used their own indigenous dialects to bamboozle enemy code breakers and help Allied forces to win two World Wars.

“Physical and Human Geography” explains both physical geography and human geography, while identifying features of the United States that provide an example of each type.

The video “World Cultures” describes elements that make a culture: language, home, customs/celebrations, clothing, and food.

Is OK the most popular word in the world? That depends on how you look at it. It's been argued that it's the most /spoken/ word in the world, but I have to call BS on that. The most spoken word has got to be "the" or "I" or the...