Iñupiaq in Action
This past fall, we were writing animal counting stories in my first-grade class. I had one of the best experiences as I was working...
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English Designed for Kids
English vocabulary is designed to help children learn according to research led by the UK’s Lancaster University.
From obvious examples, like "woof" representing the sound...
What Does Confucius Say about Academic Freedom?
As the Confucius Institute brand grows world-wide, some universities are reevaluating their relations with the Chinese government-funded culture and language centers. While controversies have...
Music Education Boosts Language and Literacy
New research presented at the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting links music education to increased learning and literacy skills. The findings, which involved hundreds...
$2m for Welsh Language Centers
The Welsh government is taking action to curb the disappearance of the Welsh language. According to the 2011 census, only 19% of Welsh people...
Wikipedia Rejects Copyright Claims to palawa kani
Among the numerous content alteration and takedown requests highlighted in their transparency report, Wikipedia revealed a case in which an institution claimed ownership of...
Restaurant Offers Courses in ASL
A restaurant in Canada is giving customers a mini crash-course in American Sign Language, calling upon them to sign their order. The Toronto restaurant,...
Congress Considers Indigenous Language Bills
The Linguistic Society of America is working closely with the Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) to raise awareness within Congress about...
Chillax, Play Scrabble with a Frenemy
On August 6, Merriam-Webster will release the Fifth Edition of The Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, marking the dictionary’s first major update in nearly a...
Blogger Fired for Homophone Phobia
Today’s bloggers need to get creative to attract readers and web traffic in a virtual world saturated by blogs about every imaginable topic. Some...
$2.5 million to Promote Tribal Control of Schools – Deadline 9/12/14!!
To help ensure that all students attending Bureau of Indian Education-funded schools receive an effective education delivered to them by tribes, U.S. Secretary of...
MIT Study Reveals Secret to Language Learning – Don’t Try Too Hard
Proof that language learners should let it flow
In a new study, a team of neuroscientists and psychologists led by Amy Finn, a postdoc at...
US High School Internationals Triple
Over the past several years, inbound international students coming to the U.S. to earn a high school diploma have grown at a much higher...
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