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Reading Across America
Read Across America week commenced on March 2. This celebration of literacy also commemorated the birthday of Dr. Seuss and promoted his book, The Lorax, which was adapted into a film starring Zac Efron,...
Why Bilinguals Code Switch
The proficiency that a bilingual person has in both languages, the context in which the languages are spoken, and unconscious changes in their use are the factors that make people who speak Spanish and...
The World As We Speak Archive
Mandarin Noted as Second Most Spoken Language in Hong Kong
New census reports Mandarin overtakes English in Hong Kong
Shanghainese Fights to Survive in China
Dialects suffer as Chinese government demands Mandarin Chinese as official language
Ce...
Shanghai Dialect Struggles to Survive in China
Shanghainese Fights to Survive in China
Dialects in China have hit a bump in the road, with the government demanding that Mandarin Chinese be spoken as the country’s official language. In particular, the number of...
International Mother Language Day
Message from
Ms Irina Bokova,
Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Mother Language Day
UNESCO, 21 February 2012
Nelson Mandela once said that “if you talk to a man in a language he understands,
that goes...
Preserving Languages with Technology
Facebook. YouTube. Texting. Just a few of the new technologies that are working to preserve indigenous languages online.
With these advances in technology, many groups are utilizing social media to engage younger members of the...
Latvians Reject Proposal for Russian as Official Language
On Saturday, February 18, Latvians rejected a proposal to give Russian status as an official language of the state. According to the Christian Science Monitor, Russian is not only considered the mother tongue of...
Spotlight on Service-Learning
Connie K. Ho introduces StudyShare.org, the new hub for service learning
As the world’s work force becomes more advanced, students need to graduate university with the necessary skills and experiences that will make them stand...
Crossing the Cultural Divide
Abdelilah Salim Sehlaoui argues that language educators must develop cross-cultural communicative competence
There is an increasing demand for effective critical cross-cultural communicative competence (CCCCC) in language professionals in general and TESOL (Teachers of English...
Small Town, Big City
Lizzie Olster moons over Boston as a study abroad locale
Boston, Massachusetts is the quintessential college town: geographically small, university-saturated and intellectually inclined. Boston features a diverse educational backdrop serviced by a simple five-line subway...
