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UK Government Apologies Over Italian Ethnic Questioning
The UK government has been forced to apologize about questions regarding students’ ethnicity that were initially implemented to address special linguistic needs. According to...
Switzerland Offers Free German Language Classes for Migrants
Foreigners moving to Basel are eligible for a free voucher to learn German. Language-learning schools such as Inlingua and ECAP have reported an increase...
Billion Won Funds New Center for Critical Korean Studies
The University of California, Irvine is launching a Center for Critical Korean Studies funded by a 1 billion-won grant (about $850,000) from the Academy...
English and Portuguese Brains ‘Read’ Alike
An international research team led by Carnegie Mellon University has found that when the brain “reads” or decodes a sentence in English or Portuguese,...
South Korean Film Translated into English and Spanish Remakes
CJ Entertainment announced on Monday that the South Korean film Miss Granny will receive remakes in English and Spanish. Tyler Perry Studios’ 34th Street...
Student Feedback on Travel in Germany
“I loved my time in Germany and will always look back at it with fond memories. I studied abroad at the Goethe Institut Mannheim...
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...