Current trends in language education mean that there will be fewer qualified linguists in the jobs market in the years to come.
In a recent study of trends in language teaching pedagogy, I identified a major professional dichotomy regarding preferred approaches to the teaching of 'language knowledge'.
Current trends in language documentation.
These results are also reported in a chapter in a forthcoming book entitled, Current Trends in Language Testing in the Pacific Rim and the Middle East: Policies, Analyses and Diagnoses, edited by Vahid Aryadoust and Janna fox, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Global Language Monitor, which tracks trends in languages, named truthiness the top television buzzword of 2006, and another term Colbert coined with reference to truthiness, wikiality, as another of the top ten television buzzwords of 2006, the first time two words from the same show have made the list.
Courses combined with another activity such as surfing, dancing, cooking, horseriding, yoga or photography are by far the fastest-growing trend in language learning and there's also a shift towards learning in your teacher's home".
The pursuit for quality and professionalism has become an apparent trend in language testing and assessment, as is evidenced by a host of standards or codes of practice a which have been developed, implemented or enforced by testing or research organisations from all over the world (see AERA, APA, and NCME, 1999b; ALTE, 1994; EALTA, 2006; ETS, 2002; ILTA, 2000, 2007).
However, parsing natural language is an intricate endeavor, where a wide range of possible approaches and open research questions exist, making the choice of a natural language parsing component a burden for researchers without close familiarity with current trends in natural language processing (NLP).
The most interesting finding has been the trends in statutory language.
Dec 2015 — In Da Nang, Vietnam, for a panel discussion on "New trends in Spoken Language Translation" at IWSLT.
Practical issues and difficulties are summarized, major trends in actual languages are identified, and directions for future work are suggested.
