Chinese ‘Linguistic Coup’ in East Africa
As part of its goal to displace American influence, China is winning linguistic hearts in East Africa (a bloc of 300 million people), by...
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U.S. has more Spanish speakers than Spain
The U.S. is now the world’s second largest Spanish-speaking country after Mexico, according to a new study published by Spain’s Instituto Cervantes. The report,...
The Increasing Chinese Language Demand in Nigeria
In Lagos, Nigeria more students are learning Chinese as economic ties between the West African country and China strengthen. China's rapid economic expansion and...
Where is Language in the Brain?
In the well-known left and right brain divide, language has been placed as a logical function of the left. The center of language comprehension...
Peru Officially Recognizes 24 Indigenous Languages
The Peruvian Ministry of Education worked with indigenous communities to officially recognize the alphabets of 24 indigenous languages. The measure states; "Thus, these 24...
Arizona’s Exodus of Educators
According to a 2015 report by the Arizona Department of Education thousands of teachers have left the state over the last five years, with...
Sephardic Jews Learn Spanish Language for Citizenship
A government decision in 2012 started an official dialogue offering Spanish citizenship to Sephardic Jews in compensation for their ancestor’s expulsion from Spain during...
Middlebury’s Language Schools Turn 100
The Middlebury Language Schools celebrate their 100th anniversary this year and will be celebrating with academic and festive events from July 15-19 at both...
Dual Language Programs Benefit ELLs
Parents of English languages learners (ELLs) often place their children in English language based classroom in hopes that they will pick up the language,...
Irish Revival Stalls
Irish language fluency was a requirement for anyone appointed to civil service positions in the Republic of Ireland until the Language Freedom Movement in...
Preserving the Critically Endangered N|uu Language
N|uu is the language of the San people, who were the first hunter-gatherers in southern Africa. The language has 112 distinct sounds including 45...
The Icelandic Language, Nationalism, and the Internet
In 2013, a paper by András Kornai entitled “Digital Language Death” estimated that only 5% of the world's languages would ascend into the digital...
Spanish Prevails in Miami Schools
The Miami-Dade School district in Florida is postponing a scheduled change in the methodology of teaching foreign languages, namely Spanish. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s original...
