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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Celebrate World Arabic Language Day
December 18th is UN Arabic Language Day, an occasion, "to celebrate the language of 22 Member States of UNESCO, a language with more than 422...
Toward Biliteracy: Spanish and Californian Trajectories
As Californian demands grow for biliteracy, Cynthia García Dehbozorgi and Nehemias Giménez García compare the state’s initiatives to those of Spain
Surprisingly, one of the oldest bilingual-education programs in...
Spanish Vistas
Students share their diverse experiences of Spain
ISLA Salamanca
“ISLA is a real island of adventures, strong emotions,
and first-rate Spanish in Spain’s most famous university city....
India to Continue with German
India and Germany resolved the sticky German language issue during Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit last month. Once again, students in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools (KVs)...
BBC Launches Japanese Site
The BBC, the UK’s national news organization, launched a Japanese site, which becomes its first dedicated non-English news website and helps extend its fledgling global advertising network. Accessible...
Russian-Language Writer Wins Nobel
Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature last month, and three countries claimed a piece of her success. Headlines across Eastern...
Israel Considers Mandatory Arabic Study
A measure introduced by MK Oren Hazan (Likud) would make it mandatory for schools in Israel to teach the Arabic language starting from first...
Investing in German
Why and where to learn the übercool language of economics, engineering, and design
According to the latest estimates by the Goethe–Institut, around 14.5 million people...
Arabic is America’s Fastest-Growing Language
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) recently released Census Bureau data from the 2014 American Community Survey (ACS) showing that a record 63.2 million...
Startup Finds Arabic Language Jobs for Syrian Refugees
NaTakallam (we speak Arabic) is a new platform aimed at providing employment for Syrian refugees in Lebanon through teaching remote classes to Arabic language...
Japan Donates to Help Refugees Learn German
The Japan Art Association, an art charity under the patronage of Prince Hitachi, unveiled a donation of ¥100 million (about $829,000) to the Goethe-Institut. The...
French Strikes Positive Chord with Migrants
As Europe struggles to deal with the influx of refugees fleeing conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East, opinions are polarizing between those...
