‘Home of Hispanic Cultures’ to Open in Los Angeles
Toward the end of next year, the Cervantes Institute will
open its first center in Los Angeles, which will be "the home of Hispanic
cultures," according to Cervantes director...
Hungary Amends Language Requirements
From 2020, high school graduates in Hungary are required to possess at least one upper-intermediate language certificate or a higher-level Hungarian Matura from one language to be...
10 Best Foreign Language Horror Movies for Halloween
Some say love is the universal language of humanity, but
fear can work just as well. We’ve compiled a list of foreign language movies to
both expose viewers to foreign languages and scare their...
The App Educating the Children of Pakistan’s Slums
A new app called Taleemabad is bridging the gap of students overlooked by traditional schooling in Pakistan. While 51% of people in the country are expected to...
New Unified Inuktut Writing System Approved
The national Inuit organization of Canada has decided on a
new standard of writing for a unified Inkutut writing system. The system is
called Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait and uses Roman...
Spanish through Music & Friendship in Tijuana
Univoice Corporation, the developer of a language-learning platform that teaches languages exclusively through music, has started its first learning class in Tijuana, Mexico. This inaugural class focuses...
UN Combats False Claims on Cantonese
Multiple recent posts on Facebook and Twitter that claim
that the United Nations (UN) has officially defined Cantonese as a language and
not a dialect and that it is...
What Assembly Bill 5 Means for Linguists
On Sept 18th, California Governor Gavin Newsom
signed Assembly Bill 5 (CA AB 5) into law which will take effect in January.
The new California state law reclassifies a...
Healthcare Hurdles for Limited English Proficient Patients
People whose first language is not English deal with
additional hurdles to their healthcare. For non-native English speakers,
talking to a doctor or dentist can mean listening to unfamiliar...
Free English Lessons in the UK for Non-native Speakers
Long-established group of English-language
schools, British Study Centres (BSC) is now offering free English lessons for
local, non-native speakers. The classes aim to increase the quality of their students’
lives,...