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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Malaysian DJ Spins Sabeh
Atama Katama, a Malaysian DJ who has been spinning dance music across Malaysia for the past 15 years, has recently turned his attention towards...
Arrival Decodes Linguistic Profession
The recent blockbuster Arrival has linguists in the forefront. Amy Adams plays the protagonist, Louise Banks, an academic field researcher who is recruited by...
Miao Discovered In Cave Carvings
After six years of research, archeologists have confirmed that inscriptions found among cliffs in the Hunan Province are of the Miao language. Miao is...
Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year 2016 is POST-TRUTH
post-truth adjective
Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.
Oxford...
This is International Education Week!
Celebrate International Education Week with NAFSA: Association of International Educators. NAFSA is focusing on the benefits of international education and exchange and says their...
South Korean Film Translated into English and Spanish Remakes
CJ Entertainment announced on Monday that the South Korean film Miss Granny will receive remakes in English and Spanish. Tyler Perry Studios’ 34th Street...
Dual Language Pays
The U.S. Department of Education has announced its first-ever awards supporting Pay for Success (PFS) strategies. The awards will use the innovative PFS funding...
Soccer Stars Use Language as Their Secret Weapon
Yannick Bolaise and Romelu Lukaku have a surprise up their sleeves that helps aid in their soccer success and it has nothing to do...
Native American Linguist Wins $625,000 ‘Genius Grant’
MacArthur Foundation has announced the 2016 MacArthur Fellows, commonly known as the “genius grants,” and this year’s class includes Native American linguist Daryl Baldwin. Daryl...
Government Promotes ‘Standard Chinese’
Chinese vice premier Liu Yandong has called for more efforts to promote the standard Chinese language. Addressing a symposium to mark the 15th anniversary...
Lozenges Help Refugees Learn Swedish
Owners of the Swedish throat lozenge Läkerol, famed for its slogan “Makes People Talk,” are putting their money where their mouths are by creating...
Citizens of the World
Beth Marshall believes that awareness of global citizenry is the true goal of language education
“Why would you want to be a teacher?”
is a question...
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