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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Kashmiri Challenged
The Indian government’s decision to revoke the autonomy of
the territory of Jammu and Kashmir may also have implications for the status of
the Kashmiri language....
Experts Not Hopeful on Vietnam’s English Targets
Education experts are expressed concern that the targets set for Vietnam’s foreign language proficiency are set to fail at a recent meeting on English...
Educating English Learners with Disabilities
California Department of Education (CDE) has released the much-anticipated “California Practitioners’ Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities.” The guide will help with identifying,...
$2.5 Million Grant for University LCTL Programs
Michigan State University has been awarded a four-year, $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support further development in the research...
Is the Internet Making Us Dumber? Lol, no.
Facebook posts and text messages are far from being bastions
of grammar. People’s communication online has an informal quality that is often
at odds with established...
Celebrate UN’s Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Language is focus of this year's event
UN Secretary General, António Guterres, released the following statement today to mark United Nation's Day of the World's...
Ebola Crisis Sparks Language Research in Democratic Republic of Congo
Humanitarians and health care providers in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) are questioning what language to use when communicating
with people at risk of Ebola....
Poll Finds out What Latino Voters Want in Presidential Candidate
UnidosUS, the United State’s largest nonprofit advocacy organization,
has recently released its 2020 National Latino Electorate Survey. The Survey
was based on a poll conducted by...
500 Million Portuguese Speakers by 2100
According to José Luís Carneiro, Portugal’s secretary of state for Portuguese communities abroad, “By 2060, the Portuguese language is predicted to be spoken by...
Beyoncé in Kiswahili
Beyoncé has released a song featuring lyrics in Kiswahili, one of Africa’s more widely spoken languages.
The song, “Spirit,” is featured on the Lion...
International Poll Reveals Language Choices
According to recent international research by YouGov, English is accepted as the most important language for children to learn, but Chinese is catching up...
House Boosts Language Funding in Defense Bill
Last month, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to include the World Language Advancement and Readiness Act (WLARA) as an amendment to the National...
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