This is the second edition of Talkin' About Talk, a series of 52 short audio essays--conversational in tone, light and anecdotal in style-- that encourage language study and invite listeners to look further into the subject of each essay. Titles such as:

• How many languages are there in the whole world? 
• Did all languages come from one source?
• How do babies learn their mother tongue?
• What does it take to learn a second language?
• What causes foreign accents?
• Did German almost become the language of the U.S.?

Originally part of the Year of Languages celebration, the series has been edited and updated to make it most useful for language teachers at all levels and especially for language advocacy.