Europe to the Max
Planning to study in Europe? Be sure to check out our collection of tips so that you can
experience more of the continent
Paperwork
Review all of your paperwork with a critical eye, and then go...
Bringing Chinese to Preschoolers
Lauren Cortinas presents a
solution for the youngest learners of Mandarin
In October 2014, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing entirely in Mandarin Chinese. While his delivery was not perfect, the...
Progress on Migrant and Refugee Education Worldwide
UNESCO’s 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report, Migration, displacement and education, shows that the number of migrant and refugee school-age children around the world today has grown by 26% since 2000 and could fill half...
Russian Bill Threatens Native Languages
The lower house of Russia’s parliament has approved a controversial bill on the teaching of native languages in schools. In the draft law approved by the State Duma, the Russian language was included in...
Hindi Adds 100 Million Speakers
According to the largest language census in Indian history, Hindi added 100 million new speakers between 2001 and 2011—a 25% rise, while 19,569 different languages or dialects were described as a “mother tongue” by...
K-pop Inspires Korean Learners
For the first time ever, the No 1 album in the U.S. features lyrics sung mostly in Korean. Love Yourself: Tear by K-pop group BTS clinched the No 1 spot last month, surprising many...
Austria Links Welfare to German
The amount of the minimum income protection in Austria is now to be made dependent on the German language skills, among other factors, according to reports from Vienna.
In each of the nine Austrian states,...
Codeswitching Easier to Turn On
Research into the neurological activity required to switch between languages is providing new insights into the nature of bilingualism.
“A remarkable feature of multilingual individuals is their ability to quickly and accurately switch back and...
Decade of Ukrainian
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to strengthen the role of the Ukrainian language, the presidential press service said in a statement.
“Staring from 2018 we are launching the decade of the Ukrainian...
French Genders Get Political
The French prime minister, Édouard Philippe, has banned “inclusive writing” in official texts, clamping down on attempts to make the French language more female-friendly. Moves to end the linguistic dominance of the masculine over the...