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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...
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...
2014 Centers for International Business Education Competition Announced
The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office - part of the US Department of Education, has announced its Centers for International Business Education...
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...
Oklahoma Legislature Votes to Repeal Common Core Standards
Lawmakers in Oklahoma have voted to repeal Common Core Standards for English and Mathematics, despite their introduction in over 40 other states.
The house voted...
Free Spanish Story Time at Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, the USA’s largest book retailer and distributor of educational and digital media products, announced yesterday that this June will feature a...
Dictionary Adds 150 Words to 2014 Edition
‘Selfie’ ‘crowdfunding’ and turducken’ are among 150 new words added to the 2014 updated version of the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary; the company have...
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...
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...
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...
Using foreign language increases rationality
A new study from psychologists at the University of Chicago and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona finds that people using a foreign language...
Twitter Ads Targeted by Language
Social media giant Twitter has launched a new feature that will allow advertisers to target users based on their language.
The ‘language targeting’ feature will...
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