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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Lee Kuan Yew’s Language Legacy
The founding father of modern Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 at the age of 91. Leading Singapore...
Preserving Cherokee in the U.S.
The near demise of the Cherokee language came largely thanks to the U.S. government. Most Cherokee were forced to make a brutal march from...
Families of Missing Student-Teachers Tour the U.S.
En route to a demonstration that sought to protest policies that gave urban student-teachers an advantage over rural student-teachers on the job market, 43...
Will You Accept the Indigenous Language Challenge?
In the same vein as the ice-bucket challenge that raised awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a video challenge to raise awareness and fostering...
Royal Academy Director Predicts a Grand Future for Spanish in the U.S.
Dario Villanueva, the director of the Royal Spanish Academy, said in an interview with Efe in San Juan that, "Spanish in the U.S. is...
The Spread of Survival Spanish for Police Officers and Firefighters
From online Spanish courses in Illinois to mandatory classroom sessions in Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and California, police officers and firefighters in largely Spanish speaking...
Marvel Celebrates Free Comic Book Day in Spanish
¡Feliz día del cómic gratis!
May 2nd is national Free Comic Book Day, and Marvel is offering for the first time a free, multi-story, Spanish...
Are Arabic Schools in France Really Hotbeds for Radicalism?
Secret report accuses French heritage-language programs of ghettoizing and radicalizing French-born youth
French conservatives are in an uproar over a 2013 report that recently surfaced...
Protesting the Common Core
Some states, such as Utah and California, very clearly allow students to opt out of annual testing for any reason, according to a research...
Oklahoma Senator Reintroduces the English Language Unity Act
This week, Senator Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, reintroduced the English Language Unity Act. The legislation would mandate that the federal government use...
Write to the US Senate to Protect World Language Education
The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of the United States Senate has released a draft of the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
Tonal Languages Use Both Sides of the Brain
Language learning and processing is usually dominated by the left side of the brain, which is adept at tasks that involve logic and analytical...
