Brigada

Are you interested in Bible translation or other missionary work? Your best tool in training will be to learn how to understand and learn the language. SIL at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, has the courses you need. June 2 – Aug 4 could be a wonderful summer for you alongside others [...]

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A bilingual native missionary ministering among a Mayan people group in Central America needs coaching and/or training for ministry that addresses church planting, leadership development and alcoholism.  Can you suggest any leads that we advise him to could check out? If so, just click on “Comments,” immediately below, so you can add them please.

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Brigada participant, Belinda, wrote recently, “I’ve been working in missions for close to 30 years and a man I used to work with (YWAM in Holland) was really gifted with learning languages. I was astounded at how easily he picked up the Dutch language and as far as I know he already spoke French fluently [...]

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Media, Communications, and IT experts, as well as linguists, translators, and ethnomusicologists, will meet near Frankfurt, Germany 19-22 March, 2012, for the Eurasia Media and Distribution Consultation (EMDC 2012). To gain access (web site and secure login), email infoemdconorg with a letter of introduction.

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Try to imagine how it might be useful in language learning!  This is a “flashy” device that offers a healthy feature set, including an FM radio, voice recorder, step and calorie counters, and a built-in USB connector. It stores up to 4GB of memory. See it at…   http://www.iriver.com/product/view.asp?pCode=001&pNo=85   (Thanks Greg!)

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Do you or someone you know want to improve in English?  Youth With a Mission in Lebanon, Pa. USA. is offering a 12 week course from May 9 to July 29, 2011.  Classroom teaching plus immersion in an English – speaking international community contribute to a rich learning environment.  Details and application forms are on [...]

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TRAIN International is offering “Acquire,” language acquisition training in Joplin, MO from April 4-15, 2011. Eric Derry leads this two-week intensive training and empowering cross-cultural workers with the best-known current strategies and tools based on the best-known textbooks. At Acquire, you will: *** Learn proven and effective principles and techniques of language acquisition *** Understand [...]

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Literally. Thanks to our I.T. guy, Greg, for point us to this article:   http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/16/world-lens-translates-words-inside-of-images-yes-really/   (That link might wrap. If so, just navigate to this item on the web, using the link below, and click on the link to the techcrunch story there.)   Basically, the story reports an iPod app that translates text [...]

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TRAIN International is offering “Acquire,” language acquisition training in Joplin, MO from April 4-15, 2011. Eric Derry leads this two-week intensive training empowering cross-cultural workers with the best known current strategies and tools based on the the best-known textbooks. At Acquire, you will: Learn proven and effective principles and techniques of language acquisition Understand the [...]

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http://www.livemocha.com ties the proven technical advantages of the computer driven language with the miracle of social networking and the building of relationship as you learn. And it is free. As you build your proficiency with the computer in the language(s) of your choice, you are matched with national speakers who are learning English. You help [...]

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Want to know who has a Scripture resource available for a specific language? Want to be able to see it, read it or hear it online? Check out the resources indexed on the Joshua Project website at http://joshuaproject.net/countries.php?tab=3 Choose a country and then choose the language tab to see what is available.

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This September is the 7th International Congress on Language Learning. This triennial event exists to champion the cause of language and culture learning by putting on-field language teachers, language school administrators and language supervisors in touch with each other and with academicians, pre-field trainers, personnel directors and agency executives — all committed to enhancing the [...]

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Did you know? Linguists estimate that at least 2,200 languages still need a translation of the Bible. In October 1982, Wycliffe launched the Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project (BPPP) which encourages people to pray for Bibleless language groups. Today there are 11,000 active BPPP prayer partners.  Join the team today! Visit http://www.wycliffe.org/bppp or email or call [...]

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