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1st Bilingual Education Fair of Los Angeles is May 3rd
Language Magazine is sponsoring Los Angeles’ first Bilingual Education Fair to be held on May 3rd at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) campus....
Promote Youth Literacy with Read Across America Day
Read Across America Day is held on March 2nd, the birthday of children's author Dr. Seuss, and is celebrated with events and activities designed...
Calling all bilingual college students! Your chance to address the United...
MANY LANGUAGES, ONE WORLD 2015 Student Essay Contest and Global Youth Forum
Seventy students will be selected as delegates to the 2015 United Nations Academic...
Fun Ideas for Family Literacy Month
November is Family Literacy Month, and the National Center for Families Learning is promoting their guide to 30 Days of Families Learning. The...
The World Lights up for Int’l Literacy Day
UNESCO raises awareness for the importance of literacy to sustainable development.
On September 8th, communities from all corners of the world celebrated UNESCO’s International Literacy...
Canada Calls for Bilingual Tweeting
Canada's Foreign Minister under fire for favoring English on social media.
Canada’s chien de garde des langues officielles, or language watchdog, Graham Fraser, is investigating...
Music Education Boosts Language and Literacy
New research presented at the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting links music education to increased learning and literacy skills. The findings, which involved hundreds...
Phonics Making a Positive Impact on Literacy
A new study suggests children taught to read using phonics techniques can achieve a reading age up to two years above their expected level....
Was Jesus Bilingual?
Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have entered into a debate regarding the language spoken by Jesus Christ.
Several languages were spoken in...
Cell Phones Promote Literacy in Developing Countries
UNESCO has published a report explaining how mobile technology is used to facilitate reading and improve literacy in developing countries.
The report, Reading in the...
