Miz Cheek says the health care and finance industries are known for using language that is hard to understand.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

But he is among several lawmakers who have been pushing for more Chinese language education in public schools in Oregon.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

He showed that simple American English could be as fine an instrument for great writing as more complex language.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Some experts believe the word for chocolate came from the Aztec word "xocolatl" which in the Nahuatl language means "bitter water."

VOA: special.2010.02.17

The Language Teaching Program,for example, brings teachers of English as a foreign language to work at American colleges and universities.

VOA: special.2009.02.12

Her non-profit group has been working for more understandable language in government and business since two thousand four.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

It contains science-fiction violence and also language that may be inappropriate for children under the age of thirteen.

VOA: special.2011.06.20

This year, the Center for Plain Language is holding its first contest for best and worst language use.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

All three plays were noted for their use of sharp language and making fun of human failings.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

For example, one word in the native language Carrier spoken in British Colombia means "he gives me an object like the fruit blueberries."

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Micro-scholarships will support intensive language training programs for Indonesians, and for more Americans to study there.

VOA: special.2011.04.14

Some language experts think this different taste is responsible for the birth of the expression baloney.

VOA: special.2010.09.26

In two thousand six,his book, "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief,"

VOA: special.2009.12.01

So,it is probably not the safest secret language for those really private talks.

VOA: special.2009.12.04