Ukraine Focuses on Minority Languages
Last month, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in cooperation with the European Union and the Council of Europe, organized a round...
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Podcast Seeks to Legitimize US Spanish
Spanish speakers in the US, among linguists and nonlinguists, have been denigrated for the way that they speak, says UC Berkeley sociolinguist Justin Davidson....
Chinese ‘Linguistic Coup’ in East Africa
As part of its goal to displace American influence, China is winning linguistic hearts in East Africa (a bloc of 300 million people), by...
Ukraine Focuses on Minority Languages
Last month, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in cooperation with the European Union and the Council of Europe, organized a round...
Learning Chinese Stimulates Both Temporal Lobes
New evidence suggests that studying Chinese and learning to write Chinese characters may train a whole array of cognitive abilities not developed by learning...
California District Introduces Hindi
The board of Silicon Valley’s Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) has voted to introduce Hindi as a world language into its curriculum, making it...
California Bill Requiring Kindergarten Exempts Early English Testing
Parallel California Assembly (2226) and Senate (1056) Bills have been introduced that would require children to attend one year of kindergarten before enrolling in...
Iñupiaq in Action
This past fall, we were writing animal counting stories in my first-grade class. I had one of the best experiences as I was working...
School Specialty Unveils $50,000 School Makeover Sweepstakes
School Specialty is excited to announce the launch of its first-ever $50,000 School Makeover Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes invites eligible individuals to nominate their school...
ALAS Accepting Applications for its Leadership Academies
The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) is accepting applications now through April 15, 2024 for its Superintendents Leadership Academy (SLA) and National...
UN to Promote News in Local African Languages
The United Nations (UN) is ready to partner with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to promote production of news in local languages across...
‘Massive’ Expansion of Spanish-Language News
Entravision (NYSE: EVC), a global advertising solutions, media and technology company, is adding 38 new weekly newscasts on its Univision affiliated television stations across...
Taiwan Chinese Test Breaks Record
Taiwan has been actively promoting Chinese language education overseas in recent years and in 2023, the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language (TOCFL),...
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