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The article discusses pidgin languages. Pidgin languages arise through informal contacts of people. Pidgin languages are by-products of colonialism whereby the dominant group informally communicates with the colonized group. The colonizers assume that the conquered natives are childlike and thus must be addressed as children. Pidgin languages are important because they may develop into national languages termed creoles.

The article focuses on various storytelling tips, which can be used by teachers in classrooms and libraries. It states that initially story telling was a popular teaching method, which later declined when the educational practices shifted towards an industrial model. It states that teachers can refer to professional guidebooks, which are free of jargons and which focus on various aspects related to child development. It mentions that folktales can be used to get the attention of the students.

The article presents advice on how one can properly explain riding techniques to a friend of family member when introducing them to mountain biking. Tips discussed include asking about their background and ability to determine the trail to take on, explaining the importance of every bike component without the use of technical jargon and adjusting saddle height correctly, and discussing the need for riding smoothly and being in control, as well as explaining trail etiquette.

The article searches for roses that are disease-resistant and can outlast winter climates. It describes the characteristics and nature of several rose hybrids like the swamp rose or Rosa palustris and the French Meidiland series. Tips are offered for growing and maintaining rose varieties. A glossary of jargons about roses including landscape rose, species rose and shrub roses and a beginner's shopping list are presented.

An essay is presented on the recruitment campaign of scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard entitled "Project Celebrity." It discusses how most successful fringe religions have openly exploited the disciples of celebrities to garner media attention. It explores the benefits of the recruitment campaign and how it affects the sermons of preachers. It talks on how the jargon of science lends the most irrational beliefs on legitimacy and psychotic notions.

A glossary of jargon is presented, including autonomous, integral, and convention.

The article discusses the impact jargon emissions on the social and economic climate in British Columbia. The buzzword in today's business and government circles has shifted from innovation to "sustainable," from sustainable developments to sustainable budgets, sustainable partnerships and sustainable forests.

The article discusses the way on how to provide young people the opportunity to explore language diversity in the U.S. One of the ways that would help the young explore language diversity is to share books that validate language variety. The books would make them aware about other languages that exist and satisfy their curiosity about languages other than their own. Included are sample books about diverse language use like "The Happiest Tree," by Uma Krishnaswami.

Discusses changes in communication that are resulting from the fact that non-native English-speakers outnumber native speakers by 3 to 1. Example of the English-learning industry which in India alone is a $100 million-per-year business; Countries that are pushing the learning of English which has become the world's language of business and trade; How new English-speakers are reshaping the language spawning new Englishes such as "Englog" and "Japlish" and "Hinglish"; English's globalization which is unprecedented in the history of languages which will revolutionize communication; Role of technology in making English the language of employment; Number of people studying English as a second language worldwide.

The aim of the following article is to reflect on the meaning and features of children interlanguage, in order to provide teachers with theoretical and methodological instruments to be used in their "language awareness" approach in "scuola dell'infanzia". Our considerations can be divided into three parts, dealing with three issues related to the title. In the first part the main features of interlanguage are presented and the use of this term for the linguistic productions of very young children (aged from three to five years) learning a foreign language is discussed. In the second part some examples of interlanguage are given, while in the last part the teaching implications of our analysis are examined and the implementation of the approach is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Answers several questions about bicycles and bicycling such as the use of clipless pedals, upgrade of handlebar, and cycling jargons.

The article offers the author's views on the being optimistic in language learning despite how often a learner makes mistakes. He argues that mistakes are signs and adaptations of language evolution and mentions the reinvention and constant mutation of healthy languages. The influence of Spanish in English language and the mixing and cross-fertilization of languages in Latin American Spanish are also mentioned.

Presents journalistic jargons, terms and phrases compiled by Lunchtime O'Booze of the satirical magazine 'Private Eye.' Description of a war in the Middle East; Terms and phrases used to describe a traffic jam in London, England.

The article offers information on Nigerian pidgin English or Naija pidgin, a mixture of English language and the local languages of Nigeria. Topics discussed include the use of pidgin in urban places such as Lagos, how Pidgin started, and the use of pidgin between friends and family members. Examples of some basic pidgin phrases are also offered.

Focuses on Nely Galan, president of entertainment at Telemundo, a Spanish-language cable broadcaster in the United States. Competition from the Spanish-language network, Univision, owned by Univision Communications; Galan's efforts to gain market share by appealing to young Latinos; Use of Spanglish, a hybrid lingo combining English and Spanish, by assimilated Latinos; Remaking of television programs in Spanish; Market statistics.

In this article the author suggests how lawyers should deal with the media. He claims that lawyers should make their conversation listener friendly by avioding the use of legal jargon as legal terminology confuses the listeners. They should properly prepare themselves for media interactions and should be well versed in their subject matter. He also suggest to remain, as concise as possible while answering questions because it will help to earn interviewer's gratitude.

The article discusses the different jargons used by a video director to communicate with his director of photography (DP). Since effective visual storytelling is the responsibility of the director and craftspeople in both art departments and camera, a director is advised to not only focus on action, actors, and script, but also understand camera direction such as composition, speed, angle, focus, and motion. The author cites the on-set relationship of DP Gregg Toland and director Orson Welles as an example of effective visual storytelling collaboration.

The article explains several basic motor jargons used by sportsbike riders. Terms defined include compression ration, camshaft chain tensioner, over head valve (OHV), over head camshaft (OHC), single or double over head camshaft (SOHC/DOHC), bore x stroke of the cylinders in the engine and two/three/four/five valve heads. Others are top dead center/bottom dead center of the piston, small end of the conrod, ignition timing, valve included angle, valve open duration, valve timing, valve overlap and valve lift.

The article focuses on ceramic criticism. It says that subscriptions on art periodicals decrease when scholarship, jargon and intellectualism increase. The debate "Exploring a New Criticism" illustrates the significance of harmonizing theory and practice. The author argues the importance of sincerity within a communicative action in order to establish credibility.

The article presents several acronyms and jargons related to biotechnology. The term "DIW" stands for deionized water while "DTT" is dithiothreitol. "TRAP" means tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, or otherwise it is telomeric repeat amplification protocol. "APC" stands for adenomatous polyposis coli, which has something to do with cancer.

The article presents information on web analytics. It is an industry which consists of a company's web master examining server log files to ascertain the amount of traffic coming to the site and which parts of a site visitors are most interested in. Sophisticated tools like Webtrends allow web analytics consultancies to drill deeper into the usage of a site to highlight design ergonomics issues such as identifying any bottlenecks or difficulties users may be experiencing. Anyone with a web site should be using a degree of analysis to maintain and increase audience share. Site's effectiveness can also be improved by monitoring user search terms. Another basic offering from web analytics consultancies is competitor analysis, that overcomes the problems related to industry jargon.

The article discusses how an invented language makes it easier to translate sentences into the world's more obscure languages. Topics include an overview of software, called Culturally Influenced Interlanguage, invented by Luis Leiva and Vicent Alabau at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, that mixes words from existing languages to help translate foreign text for speakers of obscure or little-used tongues. INSET: DIY translation to take on Google.

Presents a quiz on terminology used in the stock market and provides definition of several commonly used Wall Street jargons.

The article focuses on jargon marmite which is used to describe person or thing that is either liked or gated by people and mentions example for the same.

The article presents the concerns of article author on the development of technical jargons within teaching group that tends to limit rather than facilitate intra-group communication. People think that it inhibits the development of a really effective public-relations program. According to one of the discussion leaders any new movement is always handicapped by being necessarily indefinite in its philosophy and subjective in many phases of its organization. People today are interested today in developing desirable attitudes and measurable outcomes. For one of the professors social ideals should be developed first, clarifying such concepts as issue, objective, purpose, function, and aim. One of the professor who had earlier put forward his views remarked that it is educationally vital to stimulate, guide, and coordinate direct living experiences. He was the first one to admit the necessity for a full, rich, well-organized extra-curricular program. However, in implementing these desirable goals one must bear in mind the necessity for a clearer definition of responsibilities. To insure measurable outcomes in the developmental process for democratic living one must integrate individualization of instruction and the total experiences of the child. This, in turn, must be articulated with the active cooperative participation of the community, the home, and the school.

The article lists several jargons and trade terms used by novelist John le Carré in his novels which include babysitter, burrower, and lamplighter.

The article focuses on the use of medical jargons by physicians. It refers physician Arnold Villanova who uses medical jargons particularly in times when they can not explain the ailments of the patient. It mentions the examination of the issues in the journal "New England Journal of Medicine" by author-physician Michael Crichton to clarify the confusing used of medical jargons in the contemporary medical journals. It states that Crichton was dismayed for what he found on the content of the issues due to the various ominous words which include used of too many abstractions, unnecessary qualifications, and redundancy. Crichton adds that the writings of physicians contains with conviction and strength but has an abundant used of clauses.

The article raises caution over atomic power in which people are advised not to associate themselves with promotional schemes as well as jargons about atomic energy.

In this article, the author focuses on social aspects of progressive engagement with corporate jargons, the jargon often used in large corporations and similar workplaces, during business communication. The author states that language is an evolving, shifting and creative thing and it needs new words and combinations of words to meet changing circumstances. The author also reflects on the book "Euphemania: Our Love Affair With Euphemisms" by Ralph Keyes related to the issue.

A glossary of jargon related to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship is presented including "data lakes," "chatvertising," and "spornosexual."

The article discusses the evolution of three-letter acronyms (TLA) created by the computer industry source Jargon Invention Gearbox (JIG). It states that TLA implies abbreviations which suggests new technology in human understanding. It mentions that TLA poses dread for information technology (IT) individuals. It adds that the evolution of TLA is driven by the survival needs of computer, marketing, and software people who are challenged by the technological innovations.

In this article, the author discusses the ways to improve effective communication strategies required for every business interactions and meetings. She suggests using proper and meaningful words instead of jargons, and improving knowledge regarding stock market and economy. She mentions that Loring Ward, an investment management firm, offers portfolio management programs to financial advisors to conduct live consumer research at their National Education Conference.

A glossary of jargon used by the U.S. New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement is presented.

This section offers news briefs concerning the higher education sector. The "HE Jargon" competition launched by "Times Higher Education" journal was won by the University of Leeds in England. Research Councils UK continues to plan on how to monitor open-access policy compliance by all research initiatives it funds. Sydney, New South Wales-based the College of Law filed a trademark-related lawsuit against the Australian National University.

The article features Russian scholar Ismail Sreznevsky, one of the first to attempt to approach the Russian language as a developing system and to assess its ties to the history of the Russian people. Sreznevsky analyzed ancient manuscripts and compiled a dictionary of ancient Russian language. He published a monograph on the jargon of the group of traveling peddlers called the Ofenya.

The article offers a number of tips for physicians for talking to the media in the U.S. It advises physicians to determine their main objective before giving an interview to the media. It also suggests to avoid the use of medical jargons during an interview. In addition, the article recommends a proactive approach about contacting the media and warns about the risk of talking to the press.

In this article, the author discusses the jargon used in the field of education in Great Britain. She mentions jargon including learning walk, furrycanary and pinknailvarnish. She notes that workplace jargon are sometimes irritating, but she adds that it is not as upsetting as having no workplace at all.

The article discusses the need of every school board members to have unified jargons and acronyms related to special education to avoid misconceptions and confusions in the U.S. It states that jargons and terms related to special education are usually misinterpreted and misunderstood especially for those who do not have the familiarity. It also cites the overuse of acronyms in board meetings which give confusion to members who are new to their roles. It elaborates the importance of the school board to know more on special education jargons as well as its implication for the protection of the district.

The article offers tips in reconceptualizing research identities for counseling profession. Counselors are advised to demystify their research identities to give students the opportunity to investigate, discover and explore words that are needed to articulate their investigations in the organized jargon of the academic world. They should see research as a collaborative process to theorize and understand the nuances about real problems in the society.

The author reflects on the need for removing the language barrier between library media specialist and the public they serve. Jargon or the language unique to or used and usually understood only by a group of people, is seen to hinder communication between library media specialists and educators, parents and other people. The author suggests that library media specialists should consciously use terms and language that would facilitate connection and sharing of agenda, and would also help people to understand and support library media centers.

This article offers advice on how to break the language barrier between librarians and students in the library by reducing the use of library jargons and educating students on the terminology that they need to know. Furthermore, this article puts a heavy emphasis on the need to explain library collections and systems to students while minimizing the use of library jargons so as to establish a better line of communication between librarians and students.

Focuses on the on problem with information technology jargon. Replacement of longwinded expression with acronyms; Confusion of people with jargons; List of computer jargons.

Focuses on the impact of jargons used on the performance of the players in a baseball team. Types of words used; Comparison on the use of jargons between the old and younger generation; List of jargon words.

Ponders on the consequences of the use of confusing language by writers and scholars belonging to charitable foundations. Effect on the credibility of philanthropic acts and public perception of social causes; Importance of published philanthropic messages on fund-raising; How the jargons and other garbled expressions used by foundations intimidate and overwhelm readers.

Comments on the prevalence of jargons among corporations in the United States. Impact of the issue on industrial communication; Difficulty of the employees in understanding the mission of the companies; Approach needed in speaking to different people.