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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$2.5 Million Grant for University LCTL Programs
Michigan State University has been awarded a four-year, $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support further development in the research...
Is the Internet Making Us Dumber? Lol, no.
Facebook posts and text messages are far from being bastions
of grammar. People’s communication online has an informal quality that is often
at odds with established...
Celebrate UN’s Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Language is focus of this year's event
UN Secretary General, António Guterres, released the following statement today to mark United Nation's Day of the World's...
Ebola Crisis Sparks Language Research in Democratic Republic of Congo
Humanitarians and health care providers in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) are questioning what language to use when communicating
with people at risk of Ebola....
Poll Finds out What Latino Voters Want in Presidential Candidate
UnidosUS, the United State’s largest nonprofit advocacy organization,
has recently released its 2020 National Latino Electorate Survey. The Survey
was based on a poll conducted by...
500 Million Portuguese Speakers by 2100
According to José Luís Carneiro, Portugal’s secretary of state for Portuguese communities abroad, “By 2060, the Portuguese language is predicted to be spoken by...
Beyoncé in Kiswahili
Beyoncé has released a song featuring lyrics in Kiswahili, one of Africa’s more widely spoken languages.
The song, “Spirit,” is featured on the Lion...
International Poll Reveals Language Choices
According to recent international research by YouGov, English is accepted as the most important language for children to learn, but Chinese is catching up...
House Boosts Language Funding in Defense Bill
Last month, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to include the World Language Advancement and Readiness Act (WLARA) as an amendment to the National...
Translation Commons Partners with International Year of Indigenous Languages
Translation Commons is a social-civil society partner of the
International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 (IYIL2019) and invites
volunteers to their joint projects.
According to UNESCO around...
Noah Webster’s American Revolution
Noah Webster (1758–1843) was variously called Schoolmaster to the Nation, the Father of American Scholarship and Education, and the Forgotten Founding Father. He saw...
Google Translate Camera Gets Automatic Upgrade
The Google Translate camera app has long been a source of quick and convenient translation. Simply hold up the camera to text that is...
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