Project Seeks to Preserve Syriac
Texas A&M University historian Dr. Daniel Schwartz and likeminded colleagues from around the world have been working to help preserve Syriac and its 2,000...
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Shabaka: World’s First Arabic Top-Level Domain
Beating out nearly 2,000 other applicants from around the world, Shabaka. (meaning “web” in English) will become the world’s first borderless new top-level domain and...
£5 Million Boost for Languages at UK Universities
This month, British universities will start receiving an additional £3.1 million ($4.8 million) to support a new program designed to encourage more young people of...
One Hispanic World
Spain's education, culture and sports minister called for the creation of a common cultural market of the Spanish language at the close of the...
Alaska Home to Rare Russian Dialect
Linguists to compile dictionary from septuagenarian speakers by 2014.
A Russian settlement in Alaska that became isolated from the Russian Empire when the U.S. bought...
August 2013
Cutting to the Common Core
Making Vocabulary Number One
Dr. Kate Kinsella offers strategies for prioritizing vocabulary for competent text analysis, discussion, and constructed response
Child’s Play
Kennedy...
Seeing with Spanish Eyes
Musetta Reed and Lauren Rovin use film and TV to bring authentic content into the classroom
LoMásTV
LoMásTV: Spanish Immersion TV is a set of short...
Overcoming Portunhol: Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
U.S. universities have been hip to the unique challenges that Spanish speakers face when they learn Portuguese. Many universities that offer Portuguese also offer...
Brazil Beckoning
As the Brazilian economy booms, opportunities for Portuguese speakers abound, and picking it up may be easier than you think.
Bahia
While many think of Rio...
Australian Innovation
A new language which combines elements of English with traditional indigenous speech has been discovered in northern Australia, according to a new study published...
Call for More German in Europe
German chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative coalition is calling for an increase in the use of German in Europe in its campaign program. If the...
Babel Film Festival 2013
The Babel Film Festival is the first film competition for minority films that use minority languages, dialects, slang, or sign language. The aim is...
Sixth Spanish Language Conference
"El español en el libro" (The Book in Spanish) will be the slogan of the VI International Congress of the Spanish Language, which will be...
