Tag: language
Foreign Language Skills Deemed a Necessity in UK Business Firms
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has announced nearly two thirds of 300 recently surveyed UK businesses prefer staff with foreign language skills.
The statement comes ahead of the CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey...
£1.6m Boost for the Welsh Language
The Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has announced plans to strengthen the Welsh language over the next two years.
A total of 1.6 million pounds is to be spent on measures to promote and maintain...
Deforestation Linked to Language Loss
A new report has shown a direct link between forest destruction and the loss of languages.
The study by researchers Jonathan Loh at the Zoological Society of London and David Harmon at the George Wright...
Alaska Judge Orders Native Language Translations of Election Materials
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason plans to conduct a 10-day trial this month, in a voting rights lawsuit to translate all election materials into Alaskan Native languages - it has been reported.
Brought to...
Portuguese President Promotes Language During China Visit
On his sixth visit to Macau, the Portuguese Republic President Cavaco Silva recently emphasized the continued value of the Portuguese language in scientific, economic, business and cultural sectors worldwide.
Following an official visit to Beijing...
From Language Skills to Teaching Prowess
Montserrat Villar González offers a personal view on developing as a language teacher
There are many paths to becoming a teacher of a second or foreign language: for some, it’s the natural progression from studying...
14th Annual Beijing Foreign Language Festival
The annual Beijing Foreign Language Festival was held in Chaoyang Park this weekend, attracting thousands of language enthusiasts, teachers, students and volunteers from around the globe.
The festival - which first opened in 2002, invites...
Robots Teach Language Skills to Preschoolers
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have launched an eight week trial to test how well preschool children can learn language skills from robots.
The experiment is monitoring rates at which children learn and...
Hitler’s Birthplace to Become Immigrant Language Center
In an interesting turn of events, the Austrian guesthouse where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 is likely to become a language center for immigrants it has been reported.
The future of the building in...
Hitler’s Birthplace to Become Immigrant Language Center
The Austrian guesthouse where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, is likely to become a language center for immigrants it has been reported.
The future of the building in Braunau am Inn has been debated...