Unlocking the Vietnamese Language: A Student’s Perspective in Saigon
Vietnam—the land of delicious food, viral-worthy motorcycle traffic, immense history, and… language classes? Learning Vietnamese is definitely not on the radar for many language...
Latvia Drops Russian from Schools
Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers has unanimously and without debate approved new education rules that plan for the gradual rejection of studying Russian as a...
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Democrat Nixes Florida Spanish Debate
A planned, televised U.S. Senate debate between Republican incumbent Marco Rubio and Democratic candidate, Rep. Patrick Murphy, has been canceled because Murphy would not...
Russian for Chinese Pilots
Chinese fighter pilots will have to learn Russian in order to fly their new, state-of-the-art, Russian-made Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighter aircraft to be delivered...
Invitation to Valencia: U.S. Agents/Spanish Teachers/Professors
The Tourist Office of Spain in Los Angeles, along with the Valencia Tourism Board and Fedele (Spanish Federation of Associations of Schools of Spanish...
Online Interactive Japanese
Elon.io has launched a comprehensive Japanese program that includes grammar, vocabulary, and exercises for learning how to read and write the complex Japanese characters,...
ACTFL Tests for China
Language Testing International’s (LTI’s) Oral Proficient Interview computer system (OPIc), developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), was introduced...
Ten Spanish Words That Come From Africa
African culture and language has had a massive influence over Latin American, South American, Caribbean, and other Spanish-speaking countries not only culturally (from Samba...
Québec and New Brunswick Unite to Promote French
New Brunswick and Québec are celebrating 400 years of Francophone history by signing a joint declaration on the Canadian Francophonie, as a testimony to...
Early Spanish Learning Leads to Better English
Preschool skills are transferred from one language to the other
New research from the University of Missouri shows that Spanish-speaking preschoolers experience significant improvements in...
German Olympics
International language learners gather each year to compete in a German language competition: the Internationale Deutscholympiade.
The competition takes place in a different German...
Spanish Election Optimistic for Multilingualism
Nehemías Giménez García sees a boost for multilingualism in a multi-party government.
On Sunday, December 20th, the Spanish democratic system won. The general election results, boasting...
Fire Destroys Museum of the Portuguese Language
A huge blow to the city of São Paulo and Portuguese-language enthusiasts everywhere, the Museu da Língua Portuguesa (Museum of the Portuguese Language) went...
Korea Expands French Programs for Olympics
French is predicted to be the most spoken world language by 2050 and in accordance with this, the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) has widened...
