Professor Morford says signers are like English learners whose first language uses a different alphabet.

VOA: special.2011.04.13

Of course,with signers,their first language has no written system at all, just hand gestures.

VOA: special.2011.04.13

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

VOA: special.2010.04.30

English language experts say Geoffrey Chaucer was the first important writer to use the English language.

VOA: special.2011.01.05

Language expert Charles Earle Funk said the expression was first used almost seven hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The first question has to do with our recent discussion of English language tests.

VOA: special.2009.01.15

MCC Director Irene Paxia grew up in Italy, and knows first-hand how language barriers can waste precious time in emergencies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

"We think the very first processes of language development are actually starting in the womb because they are overhearing their mother's speech."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

It was the first prime-time TV show to feature characters speaking in their native language with English subtitles.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

In a crisis,first responders know to look for the card on the refrigerator, to learn the victim's language and other important information.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

He was the first doctor to recognize the major role of that area in language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Restrepo,who has family ties to Colombia, also answered questions in Spanish from regional reporters, marking the first time in recent memory that a dual language press briefing was held at the White House.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13