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Papua New Guinea Sees Decline in Linguistic Diversity
Papua New Guinea—frequently heralded as the most linguistically diverse place in the entire world—is in the middle of a language crisis. According to a...
Spanish as a ‘Language of Interracial Mixing and Understanding’
At last month’s inauguration of Spain’s newest Cervantes Institute extension in El Paso, Texas, Luis García Montero, the institute’s director, said the goal was...
Portuguese Exam Record in U.S.
The U.S. online Portuguese exam, part of the National Examinations in World Languages (NEWL), had its highest number of registrations (345) this year. “Despite...
Afrikaans Goes to Court
The University of South Africa—locally known as UNISA—the largest university system in the nation, has been working on phasing out Afrikaans as a language...
Quantifying Chinese Learning Growth
More than 70 countries and regions had incorporated the Chinese language into their national education system by the end of last year as the...
Words Matter – The Case for Shifting to “Emergent Bilingual”
Throughout IDRA’s almost five decades, we have paid close attention to how we speak about people in terms of race or ethnicity, gender, etc....
French to Lead During France’s EU Presidency
The French language is poised to become the main language of the European Union’s (EU’s) meetings, notes, and debates during France’s presidency of the...
Addressing the Gender Bias in French
French speakers have long been engaged in a debate over the language’s gender inclusivity—or rather its lack thereof. While some progress has been made...
Chinese Controversy in Sri Lanka
Two incidents in which Chinese was included on signs for government projects but Tamil was omitted, despite being an official language, have caused Sri...
Arabic Internet Users Avoid Censorship by Adapting Alphabet
Pro-Palestinian activists have come up with a unique way of maneuvering around online censorship in the Arabic language: using an ancient form of the...
Bill Would Allow Six Months to Learn French in Québec
A proposed language reform policy in Québec would give new immigrants to the Canadian province a pretty narrow timeframe to attain working proficiency in...
Learning Guna on the Radio
When we talk about remote or distance learning, we often think of things like Zoom meetings, recorded lectures or Canvas assignments, but a group...
