California Bill Requiring Kindergarten Exempts Early English Testing
Parallel California Assembly (2226) and Senate (1056) Bills have been introduced that would require children to attend one year of kindergarten before enrolling in...
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‘Home of Hispanic Cultures’ to Open in Los Angeles
Toward the end of next year, the Cervantes Institute will
open its first center in Los Angeles, which will be "the home of Hispanic
cultures," according...
Hungary Amends Language Requirements
From 2020, high school graduates in Hungary are required to possess at least one upper-intermediate language certificate or a higher-level Hungarian Matura from one...
10 Best Foreign Language Horror Movies for Halloween
Some say love is the universal language of humanity, but
fear can work just as well. We’ve compiled a list of foreign language movies to
both...
The App Educating the Children of Pakistan’s Slums
A new app called Taleemabad is bridging the gap of students overlooked by traditional schooling in Pakistan. While 51% of people in the country...
New Unified Inuktut Writing System Approved
The national Inuit organization of Canada has decided on a
new standard of writing for a unified Inkutut writing system. The system is
called Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait...
Spanish through Music & Friendship in Tijuana
Univoice Corporation, the developer of a language-learning platform that teaches languages exclusively through music, has started its first learning class in Tijuana, Mexico. This...
UN Combats False Claims on Cantonese
Multiple recent posts on Facebook and Twitter that claim
that the United Nations (UN) has officially defined Cantonese as a language and
not a dialect and...
What Assembly Bill 5 Means for Linguists
On Sept 18th, California Governor Gavin Newsom
signed Assembly Bill 5 (CA AB 5) into law which will take effect in January.
The new California state...
Healthcare Hurdles for Limited English Proficient Patients
People whose first language is not English deal with
additional hurdles to their healthcare. For non-native English speakers,
talking to a doctor or dentist can mean...
Free English Lessons in the UK for Non-native Speakers
Long-established group of English-language
schools, British Study Centres (BSC) is now offering free English lessons for
local, non-native speakers. The classes aim to increase the quality...
Celebrate National Teach Spanish Day!
September 30 is National Teach Spanish Day. Launched by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), the goals of the day...
Reading in Any Language Improves Reading Levels in English
A new study shows early reading in any
language helps children learn to read English. The study, titled English
Reading Growth in Spanish-Speaking Bilingual Students:...
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