Chinese ‘Linguistic Coup’ in East Africa
As part of its goal to displace American influence, China is winning linguistic hearts in East Africa (a bloc of 300 million people), by...
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How Learning Languages Affects Our Brain
As travel experiences go, there are few things as satisfying as ordering a meal in a foreign language. But while the practical and social...
Wearable ASL Translation Technology
Roozbeh Jafari, Associate Professor for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University is leading the development of a tool for American Sign Language (ASL)...
International Education Growing Exponentially
Study Abroad Growth Breaks Record
Students to U.S. up 10%
Intensive English enrollments up 13%
U.S. students overseas up 5%
Overseas Service Learning up 47%
The number of international...
Artificial Neural Network Learns Language
Researchers from Sassari University and Plymouth University have made a cognitive model of networked artificial neurons that can learn language with no prior knowledge....
NYC Introduces Language Program Legislation
Council members have called on the Department of Education, "to amend the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to foreign...
The Environmental Link to Language Evolution
According to new research by linguists from the University of New Mexico and Laboratoire Dynamique du Langage-CNRS in France, the characteristics of languages have...
America’s 350 Languages
More than 1 in 5 United States residents speak a foreign language at home and a recent chart released by the U.S. Census Bureau...
Punjabi Speakers Gain Representation in Canada
The House of Commons of Canada now speaks English, French, and Punjabi, reflective of the most spoken languages in Canada, after 23 lawmakers of...
India to Continue with German
India and Germany resolved the sticky German language issue during Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit last month. Once again, students in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools (KVs)...
BBC Launches Japanese Site
The BBC, the UK’s national news organization, launched a Japanese site, which becomes its first dedicated non-English news website and helps extend its fledgling global advertising network. Accessible...
Russian-Language Writer Wins Nobel
Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature last month, and three countries claimed a piece of her success. Headlines across Eastern...
Senate Backs Native Language Immersion Programs
The Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act, originally introduced in early 2014, passed another legislative landmark and was advanced by the Senate Affairs Committee....