Tag: World
Love & Other Emotions Prove to not be Universal Across Languages
Humans have a breadth of emotions and are on a constant
search to express them through language, though sometimes we find that words in
one language don’t have a translatable counterpart in another. Norwegians say forelsket,...
Bringing Chinese to Preschoolers
Lauren Cortinas presents a
solution for the youngest learners of Mandarin
In October 2014, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing entirely in Mandarin Chinese. While his delivery was not perfect, the...
How would you describe your World Cup team? Have your say for charity!
What three words would you use to sum up your country’s World Cup squad? Cambridge University Press (CUP) wants to know as it kicks off a global study into the language of the 2018...
US Leaves Education, Science, Culture Organization
Following in President Reagan’s footsteps, the Trump administration has announced the U.S. intention to withdraw from United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in January 2019, citing financial reasons and anti-Israel bias.
UNESCO is responsible...
Celebrate World Teachers’ Day
Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers
Held annually on October 5 since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which celebrated its 50th...
Could the language barrier actually fall within the next 10 years?
David Arbesú, University of South Florida
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the nuisance of communicating in a different language?
In a Wall Street Journal article, technology...
Write to the US Senate to Protect World Language Education
The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of the United States Senate has released a draft of the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which drops the Foreign Language Assistance Act entirely and...
World Languages at the Emmys and Oscars
Spanish-language programs are celebrating their nominations in a newly-created category at the International Emmy Awards for Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program. Telemundo and Nat Geo Mundo swept the category, with Pasión Prohibida (Telemundo), La...
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 Day. The theme of this year’s celebration was “Literacy and...
Second Minnesota District Offers World Language Certificate
Rochester Public Schools is joining Minneapolis by offering seniors with bilingual ability the opportunity to earn a world language certificate that will count toward foreign language requirements in college and enhance their job prospects....