Tag: languages
Telling Our Own Tales
“When we use story to help students tell their own narratives, literacy roadblocks and anxieties dissolve for even the most hesitant of learners and teachers are able to cultivate world-changing writers.”
“Even the most proficient...
Maine Preserves French Heritage Via Newspapers
The Maine State library is seeking French-language newspapers in an effort to digitally preserve the culture of the state’s Franco-American community.
The project was inspired by the work of Franco-American culture programs at the University...
CAN$39 Million to Support Indigenous Languages in the North
CAN$39.4 million is being invested to support the efforts of communities, organizations, and governments in the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut to reclaim, revitalize, maintain, and strengthen their languages.
The announcement was made on behalf of...
Canadian Language Legislation Could Hinder Indigenous Workers
Proposed changes to Canada’s Official Languages Act are likely to create more “arbitrary barriers” for Indigenous people hoping to work in federal institutions and advance to higher levels, says the Assembly of First Nations....
Take Action for World Language Advancement and Readiness Grant Program
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) is leading a Dear Colleague letter that urges the Senate Appropriations Committee to support funding the World Language Advancement and Readiness Grant Program (WLARA) at $15 million in Fiscal Year...
Living Languages – Lenguas Vivas – Línguas Vivas
On International Mother Language Day, the first international, open access, electronic multilingual journal entirely dedicated to the revitalization and sustainability of Indigenous and minoritized languages was launched.
This year marks the first year of the...
Reviving Lost Languages through AI
Adam Conner-Simons introduces an MIT CSAIL system that aims to help linguists decipher languages without advanced knowledge of relations to other languages.
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have recently developed...
America’s Languages Caucus is Born
On November 12, the offices of Congressmen David E. Price (D-North Carolina 04) and Don Young (R-All Alaskans) announced the establishment of the Congressional Caucus on America’s Languages. The mission of the America’s Languages...
Europe Celebrates Linguistic Diversity with European Day of Languages
The European Day of Languages (EDL) is an annual celebration day to encourage language learning across Europe. At the initiative of the Council of Europe, EDL has been celebrated every year, on 26 September,...
World Languages from National Geographic Learning
¡Exploremos! (1-4, 1A and 1B) offers an innovative approach to language teaching that takes advantage of content the students already know about the world and brings it to them through NatGeo Explorers, NatGeo video,...