Ukraine Focuses on Minority Languages
Last month, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in cooperation with the European Union and the Council of Europe, organized a round...
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Native American Linguist Wins $625,000 ‘Genius Grant’
The MacArthur Foundation announced the 2016 MacArthur Fellows today, commonly known as the “genius grants,” and this year’s class includes Native American linguist Daryl...
Tokyo Earthquake Drill Breaks Down Language Barrier
Language was the at the center of the Tokyo Skytree earthquake evacuation drill at the popular tourist landmark in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward. The exercise...
Business Backs Bilingualism
The California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has voted to support Proposition 58, the California Education for a Global Economy Initiative, or LEARN...
Anti-Immigration Group Releases Report Denounces Education for Immigrants
Language Magazine explores a new report by FAIR
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has released a report that links public education problems to immigration in...
Land of the Fleeing
On September 20, President Obama will host a Leader’s Summit on Refugees on the margins of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly....
ACTFL Tests for China
Language Testing International’s (LTI’s) Oral Proficient Interview computer system (OPIc), developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), was introduced...
Studies Highlight Success of Head Start
New studies from UC Berkeley, Georgetown University, and the Hamilton Project at Brookings reveal that Head Start—the nation’s oldest and largest early education program...
How Language Affects Color Vision
How much does word Blue affect the color blue? More than you may have thought...
While it may be surprising, humans’ ability to detect color...
Deaf Artist Creates Visual Art about ASL
Artist Christine Sun Kim was born deaf, and throughout her life thought that sound was only for able-hearing people. When she began making art...
Ten Spanish Words That Come From Africa
African culture and language has had a massive influence over Latin American, South American, Caribbean, and other Spanish-speaking countries not only culturally (from Samba...
Bilingual-that’s HOT!
Forget dieting or styling your hair-learn another language!
Americans and Brits find multilingualism attractive in different ways, according to Babbel's Perception of Languages Survey. Babbel...
Californians Favor English Plus Another Language
California voters both prioritize the learning of English and recognize the value of speaking more than one language, according to a new study of...
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