Japan Reverses Western Name Order
On January 1, 2020, the western format of given name followed by family name will officially change in Japan. On governmental documents and websites Prime Minister Shinzo...
Israel Launches English Reform
The Council for Higher Education has approved the new reform
regarding conversion of academic educational programs from Hebrew to English
and to run them in parallel to each other...
Canada Elections May Favor French
The Bloc Québécois, revitalized under its new leader Yves-François Blanchet, managed to win 32 seats (up from ten) in the recent Canadian general election, according to provisional...
Singaporeans Urged to Renew Mandarin Learning
Singapore has to acknowledge that it is losing its bilingual competitive edge and put in more effort to speak Mandarin at home, according to Prime Minister Lee...
Alternativas – Spanish Study Abroad
Instituto Superior de Español (Ecuador)
At Instituto Superior de Español (ISE), they believe passionately that to learn Spanish it’s not enough to simply attend...
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...