Quando misteriosas naves espaciais aterram em vários pontos do globo, uma equipa de elite – liderada pela especialista em linguística Louise Banks –reúne-se para investigar. Enquanto a Humanidade está à beira de uma guerra mundial, Banks e a sua equipa lutam contra o tempo em busca de respostas – e para as encontrar, ela irá correr o risco que pode ameaçar a sua vida, e possivelmente da Humanidade.
Após se consagrar como um dos melhores apresentadores de telejornais de San Diego, o atrapalhado Ron Burgundy embarca numa viagem ao lado dos seus amigos rumo a Nova York, onde pretendem conquistar o seu espaço numa grande empresa de comunicação chamada Global News Network.
Uma pandemia global sem precedentes resultou na evolução de uma nova espécie. Uma forma agressiva da raiva transforma o infectado em predador, viciado em violência. Um sobrevivente humano inexplicavelmente dotado com a capacidade de falar a sua nova língua lidera uma caçada ao Paciente Zero, a fim de encontrar uma cura para salvar sua esposa infectada e a humanidade.
Lingo is a British game show hosted by Adil Ray where pairs of contestants compete to find words across a series of rounds. It is a reboot of the original show of the same name that aired in 1988.
This proudly profane series explores the history and impact of some of the most notorious bad words in the English language.
A cast of multidisciplinary artists give their interpretations of the language by juggling Quebec’s lively, accessible, and inclusive French. Developed in lexicon format, each episode presents a word from three perspectives: humorous, historical, and artistic.
A look at the hunt for California's Zodiac Killer, who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early '70s.
Georgios Babiniotis, professor of linguistics at the University of Athens, explains and comments on words and common linguistic mistakes, helping us to use the Greek language more correctly.
A video-based Japanese language study course for English speakers. The show uses a drama called "Yan and the Japanese People" for instruction. This drama consists of scenes which focus on the experiences of a young man named Yan, a foreigner living and working in Japan.
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish, also known simply as Destinos, is an educational television program created by Bill VanPatten, who was, at the time, Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The show, designed to introduce viewers to the basics of Spanish, had two seasons, beginning in 1992. Its 52 episodes are often used for educational purposes in schools and are still broadcast regularly on many PBS stations, as well as many local channels. Destinos was produced by WGBH Boston and funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project, with additional funding by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
"Mi Vida Loca" is an interactive Spanish course for beginners, created by the BBC. It consists of 22 episodes, each around 10 minutes long, which follow an intriguing adventure in Madrid and its surroundings. Through everyday situations, basic concepts of the language are taught, such as ordering in a restaurant, buying tickets and booking a hotel. Each episode includes additional learning sections with vocabulary, grammar and practical activities to reinforce the acquired knowledge.
