Celebrating Samoan Language Week 2023
This week marked annual celebrations of Samoan Language Week or - Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa, which was largely observed in the Polynesian Islands, New Zealand, Australia and Hawai’i.
The annual event is a celebration...
Welsh-Speaking Teachers Recalled
Schools in Wales are asking Welsh-speaking teachers in England to return home, due to concerns that the lack of native-speaker teachers will affect the long term recovery of the Welsh language.
Lawmakers did have a...
Dual language programs face a threat in Arizona
In Arizona, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is targeting a growing number of dual language programs with threats of closure, with claims they violate Proposition 203.
Horne - an ardent supporter of English-only immersion,...
Spanish in Morocco
Last month, the Instituto Cervantes signed a contract with Moroccan universities Abdelmalek Essaâdi University of Tangier/Tetouan and the Mohammed V University of Rabat, to mark and promote Spanish language and culture at their institutions.
This...
Call to Double Title III Funding
More than 160 organizations, including UnidosUS, TESOL, NABE, CAL, JNCL, the NEA, and the AFT are calling on the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies...
Loss of Language Diversity Accelerating
There’s an ongoing crisis in the field of linguistics: Global language experts estimate that, without intervention, about one language will be lost every month for the next 40 years.
In a new study, an international...
The Future of English
According to a new research publication, The Future of English: Global Perspectives, published by the British Council last month, English will retain its position as the world’s most widely spoken language over the next...
Designing Effective World Language Courses
On a recent visit to Italy, I was able to put my basic Italian language skills to the test. The ability I had to communicate with local folks confirmed a theory known to every...
Guinea book festival aims to improve literacy
The 15th annual ‘72 Hours of the Book’ festival recently took place in Guinea, filling a sports stadium with people eager to celebrate literature and literacy skills.
Publishers, writers, editors and readers from across West...
Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh Included in King Charles’ Coronation
For the first time in history, the traditional languages spoken in the four home nations of the UK will become part of a coronation service.
Three Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh along with...