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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ELSA: English Language Speech Assistant
ELSA, or English Language Speech Assistant, is a mobile app for language learners that helps to improve pronunciation and reduce accents, using state-of-the-art speech...
Poor Students, Rich Teaching
Solution Tree has released the revised edition of Eric Jensen’s best-selling book, Poor Students, Rich Teaching, along with a companion title, The Handbook for...
Ukrainian President-Elect Unlikely to Lift Russian Status
After actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky's landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential elections, his campaign spokesperson, Dmytro Razumkov, said that the only official language in...
Reaching English Learners Act Gains Support
TESOL International Association has pledged its support for the bipartisan Reaching English Learners Act (H.R. 1153, S. 545). The legislation would create a grant...
Maryland Bill Weighs Coding as a Language
The Maryland House of Delegates, Ways and Means Committee, is considering a bill (H.B. 1211) that would let county boards of education allow students...
Slovenian Sign Language Set for Official Language
The National Assembly of Slovenia endorsed a proposal to assign Slovenian sign language as an official in the constitution. The government stated that in...
Netflix to Adapt Spanish Masterpiece
Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez’s literary masterwork One Hundred Years of Solitude is coming to the screen. Netflix has acquired the rights to...
Afrikaans Phased Out
South Africa’s University of Pretoria has begun phasing out Afrikaans as its official teaching language and replacing it with English. This move is the...
Digital Mandarin Classes for All
China’s Ministry of Education has announced plans to train teachers and improve infrastructure for digital education in the poorer areas of the country, including...
English May be Dropped from Disability Evaluation
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has proposed the elimination of the education category “inability to communicate in English” in the evaluation of disability claims.
According...
Celebrate National American Sign Language Day
National ASL Day is a day of observance celebrating American Sign Language.
On April 15, 1817, the first school for the deaf in the United...
Celebrating French and la Francophonie
Every year, speakers of French unite globally to celebrate Francophonie Week from March 17–25 and UN French Language Day on March 20. This year’s...
