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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Speech Therapy App Helps Brain Injury Sufferers Recover Language Skills
Lingraphica: The Aphasia Company today announced the release of TalkPath Therapy for iPad and the Web– an award-winning app component of a speech-therapy solution...
Learning by repetition blurs nuance
A new study by University of California, Irvine neurobiologists Zachariah Reagh and Michael Yassa have found that while repetition enhances the factual content of...
Foreign Language Skills Deemed a Necessity in UK Business Firms
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has announced nearly two thirds of 300 recently surveyed UK businesses prefer staff with foreign language skills.
The...
U.S. Dept. of State Works to Internationalize Colleges and Universities
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural affairs is to host the fifth annual EducationUSA Forum in Washington, D.C. this month;...
Mandarin Introduced to UK Schools
Thousands of pupils across the United Kingdom are to be given Mandarin lessons in a government bid to double the amount of Mandarin learners...
£1.6m Boost for the Welsh Language
The Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has announced plans to strengthen the Welsh language over the next two years.
A total of 1.6 million pounds...
Win a Trip to Study Spanish in Spain with SPanishYouTOO.com
To celebrate the launch of SPanishYouTOO.com, Tourspain and International House Spain have teamed up to offer the chance to win a 10-week Spanish language...
Phonics Making a Positive Impact on Literacy
A new study suggests children taught to read using phonics techniques can achieve a reading age up to two years above their expected level....
Latino Advocacy Groups Sue over Texas ELL Programs
Latino Advocacy Groups in Texas have filed a lawsuit against the state, claiming school resources for English language learners (ELL) are grossly inadequate.
On...
Significant Drop in Global Aid to Education
A new report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has shown a significant drop in global aid to education causes...
Applications Open for the 10th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship
The Hakuho Foundation - a ‘public interest incorporated foundation’ focusing on language and education, yesterday began accepting applications for the 10th Hakuho Japanese Research...
Deforestation Linked to Language Loss
A new report has shown a direct link between forest destruction and the loss of languages.
The study by researchers Jonathan Loh at the Zoological...
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