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Breaking research 1. Why did academics at the universities of zurich and Fribourg advise people learning a language to sleep on it? 2. What disease could learning a language help you avoid, according to scientists at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute? 3. Why should you insist other players speak in a foreign language while playing poker? 4. How can choo-choo trains and bunnies aid language learning? 5. Up to what age do researchers now believe you can start learning a language and develop native-like ability? In the dock 1. At what prominent trial were four separate interpreters required to support defendants speaking Dari, Pashto, Czech and Slovak? 2. Why was lawyer Aaron Schlossberg sacked after a video of him went viral? 3. What brought deaf 12-year-old Daniel Jillings to court? 4. A US judge issued an arrest warrant for kaleikoa kaeo after he insisted on speaking in court in which language? @Linguist_CIOL FEATURES Schools out 1. What £4.8m pilot scheme did the Uk Department for Education launch? 2. What was launched in Aston to boost content and language integrated learning? 3. A widening gap in take-up between which groups of students was identified by the 2018 Language Trends survey? 4. Which A-level subject overtook German in popularity for the first time? 5. Why are teachers leaving the Spanish A-level classroom? 6. What advantage do bilingual children have over their monolingual peers, according to new analysis of US education data? Sports 1. Why was footballer Thierry Henry left red faced during a press conference? 2. What mix-up left the Norwegian Winter olympics team chefs with egg on their faces? 3. Why did the use of Google Translate surge by 30% in Russia? 4. Which company covered the Winter olympics in 21 languages after securing the broadcast rights for almost 50 countries? Politics 1. What first did Uk International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt achieve in July? 2. Whose immigration fees did the British Government waive after a long campaign? 3. Who spent £21,000 learning languages such as Icelandic, Georgian and Japanese? 4. What did EU interpreters do in July? World view 1. Which country banned the use of Russian in cabinet meetings? 2. Why was a Tibetan businessman jailed for five years in China for 'inciting separatism'? 3. Why was there a sudden surge in demand for interpreters working in k'iche, Mam and zapotec in the US? 4. Which state declared an emergency for its native languages? 5. What blow was suffered by the Amazon's indigenous languages in September? 6. How many Australian preschools now offer language programmes, ranging from French and Greek to Arabic and Mandarin? Answers on page 23. Who's who? Identify these people and the language- related reason they have been in the news: VIA WIkIPEDIA ADRIVALIENTE CC BY-SA 4.0; GERMAN EMBASSY LoNDoNCC BY 2.0; FUzHEADoCC BY-SA 4.0 What links… 1. eSwatini and Czechia? 2. Countries where birds don't lay eggs, thieving countries and rubbish states? 3. Machu Picchu (Peru), the Arc de Triomphe (France) and Rijeka (Croatia)? 4. A surge, a fountain of flowers and fair winds? IMAGES © SHUTTERSToCk 1 2 3 4