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Competition Launches Arabic Literacy Apps for War-Affected Syrian Children
Antura and the Letters and Feed the Monster, the two winners of the EduApp4Syria innovation competition, were announced today and then released worldwide as...
Helping Academic English Learners Develop Productive Word Knowledge
Dr. Kate Kinsella offers evidence-based instructional practices to advance students’ verbal and written command of critical words
Vocabulary Knowledge and Overall Academic Achievement
Vocabulary plays a crucial...
Poly Aims to Share ALL the World’s Languages
Poly began after a successful Kickstarter campaign last year as an open source, modern software built to share and learn languages in text and...
Sign-Language Leads to Better Peripheral Vision
A new report in Frontiers in Psychology found that deaf adults who use British Sign Language (BSL) had significantly faster peripheral vision reaction time...
Why French?
Kathy Stein-Smith explains why demand is growing for French the world over.
There is one skill that is being learned around the world, with enrollments...
Spanish Film Festival in Prague
From documentaries and horror films to coming-of-age dramas, La Película has something for everyone. The festival, organized by Cervantes Institute, the Spanish embassy in...
Arabic
Arabic (العربية al-ʿarabīyah or عربي ʿarabi) is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and...
Danish Government Calls For Language Testing
Local Government Denmark (Kommunernes Landsforening-KL) has called for mandatory language testing of all three-year-olds entering their first year of schooling in order to combat...
Babies Retain Birth Language
A new study has found that languages learned very early in life are subconsciously retained even when there is no conscious memory of the...
Washington Study Sheds Light on ELL Advanced Course Enrollment
Education Northwest along with the Institute of Education Sciences and Regional Educational Laboratory at Education Northwest analyzed the patterns of advanced coursework among Spanish-speaking...
Russia to Broadcast New RT Channel in France
Russia’s international network RT will be broadcasting in French next year, the Moscow Times reported. RT—a television network funded by the Russian government—has frequently...
