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Ebola Crisis Sparks Language Research in Democratic Republic of Congo
Humanitarians and health care providers in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) are questioning what language to use when communicating
with people at risk of Ebola....
500 Million Portuguese Speakers by 2100
According to José Luís Carneiro, Portugal’s secretary of state for Portuguese communities abroad, “By 2060, the Portuguese language is predicted to be spoken by...
Beyoncé in Kiswahili
Beyoncé has released a song featuring lyrics in Kiswahili, one of Africa’s more widely spoken languages.
The song, “Spirit,” is featured on the Lion...
House Boosts Language Funding in Defense Bill
Last month, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to include the World Language Advancement and Readiness Act (WLARA) as an amendment to the National...
Macron Called to Protect French
In an open letter published in Le Parisien last month from the French Language Collective (Le collectif langue française) with over 100 signatories, French...
Spanish Teacher Training for Africa
The Instituto Cervantes and the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) are organizing training programs for Spanish teachers in five African...
Ontario Invests in French
The Canadian province of Ontario will invest about CAN$20 million in projects and initiatives to support students, parents, and teachers in French-language schools over...
Jamaicans Urged to Learn Spanish
Jamaica’s minister of education, the Honorable Alando Terrelonge, is encouraging parents to be more open to the idea of their children learning Spanish as...
Ukrainian Presidents at Odds Over Language
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, has approved a law which obliges all citizens to know the Ukrainian language and makes it mandatory for civil...
Quality, Not Quantity
Andy Kaufman urges U.S. schools to recognize and credit Costa Rican immersion schools
As colleges and universities in the U.S. look to simplify their operations...
Serbia Urged to Support Minority Languages
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has published a new report on the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Argentina Toasts to Spanish’s ‘Good Health’
At the end of March, the VIII International Congress of the Spanish Language (VIII Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española) was held in Córdoba,...
