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Washington Post Launches New Spanish-Language Post Opinión
The Washington Post has launched a new Spanish-language opinions
section on their website, Post Opinión. The section pulls from editors cross-border
in Washington D.C. and Mexico, and claims that it will publish original columns
and essays about...
University of Guam Wins Grant for CHamoru
The University of Guam will begin work to formally document and create a repository for the CHamoru language through a grant awarded to the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, according to the university....
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
The focus of this month’s International Literacy...
NZ Commits to Million Māori Speakers
Māori Development Minister, Hon Nanaia Mahuta, says New Zealand's commitment to ensure basic te reo is spoken by a million people in 2040 took a major step forward today.
New Zealand's government (often referred to...
$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 and teaching of less commonly taught languages (LCTLs), with an...
College Language Enrollments Down Ten Percent
Total enrollments in languages other than English declined
by 9.2% between fall 2013 and fall 2016, but there were enrollment gains on nearly
half of all language
programs (45.5%), indicating that the institutions
with well-constructed programs were attracting...
South Africa’s Language Question Remains Unanswered
The governing African National Congress (ANC) held a rally in Sharpeville (suburban Johannesburg) on March 21 to celebrate Human Rights Day and to commemorate the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, widely regarded as the inaugural event in the...
Alaska’s First and Second
Daniel Ward asks Brandon Locke and Victor Santos to discuss how Anchorage School District is leading the revitalization of the U.S.’ second-most widely spoken native language, Yup’ik, through an innovative dual-language program
DW: I understand...
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 result of a 2016 decision made in response to student...
Japanese Teacher Certification to Ease Immigration Boom
Japan’s government is planning to set up a nationally recognized accreditation program for teachers of Japanese, to help improve the language education of foreign workers, as the country prepares for an immigration expansion.
The...
