The Evolution of Language: New Year, New Words
Les Bons Mots: A Podcast about Language Learning
English - February 19, 2021 05:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBLanguage Learning Education education language language learning english learning english esl linguistics tesl business english français Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sharent, deepfake, slow-walk… are any of these words new to you? One of the most enjoyable parts of learning a language is learning new vocabulary we can use in our daily lives, at work and at home. Every year, more new words are added to English language dictionaries as well! Join Britta and Johnson as they discuss these new words, which reflect world events, social movements, and what people are saying on social media or in the business world.
This week, our guest host is Johnson Bresnick. Johnson is the Director of Learning & Development at ACA, and has worked at ACA since 2011. He has also taught ESL and had extensive experience in curriculum development. He has a background in Linguistics and is researching acquisition of grammar in second language learners.
In this episode:
We discuss new words added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The BBC has an article on some of the additions to the OED as well. Some of the new additions the the Merriam Webster Dictionary can be found here. Reader’s Digest magazine also covered some of the funnier words of the year.
When we talk about deepfakes, Johnson mentions a deepfake produced by Channel 4 in the UK to raise awareness of this phenomenon, and starring… the Queen?
Johnson recommends the Collins Cobuild Dictionary, a great dictionary for English language learners. Britta recommends exploring social media in the language you are learning so that you can stay up to day with new words in the language you are learning.