Spanish on the rise in the United Kingdom
Despite Brexit raising concerns about
isolation and lack of interest in other cultures, Spanish is becoming more
popular in Britain and it could soon be the most studied foreign...
Spanish in the World
Last month, the Instituto Cervantes launched its yearbook, Spanish in the World 2019, with the latest data showing that a total of 580 million people speak Spanish...
The challenges of minority languages: 1 in 4 children cannot speak Galician in Galicia...
Galician is a Romance language spoken in
Galicia, a region in the northwestern corner of Spain. It is the official
language of the region, along with Spanish, and it...
Nigeria Requires Igbo
Imo State, one of the five states located
in the South-Eastern region of Nigeria, has made Igbo language, the state’s
vernacular, compulsory in all the schools in the state....
Paul Simon Study Abroad Act Reintroduced to House
Representatives Cheri Bustos (IL-17) and John Katko (NY-24)
recently reintroduced the bipartisan Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program
Act. The bill would establish a competitive grant program, run by...
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...
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...
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...
Tensions over Hindi in India Rise
India’s Union Home Minister Amit Shah stirred a social media
debate in the country on Saturday after he pitched Hindi as a common...
Multilingual Focus for UN Literacy Day
"about 40% of the world’s population does not have access to education in a language they speak or understand" Audrey Azoulay, director-general of UNESCO...