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Iranians Protest Mother Tongue Marginalization
In advance of Mother Language Day, about a thousand Iranians who grew up speaking a minority language took to Twitter to express their sense...
Académie Française Rails Against ‘Californisms’
France’s official authority on the vocabulary and grammar of its language has targeted a new threat: “les Californisms.”That’s the name the Académie Française (or...
Encouraging Spanish/Portuguese Collaboration
During last month’s Second International Conference on Portuguese and Spanish Languages (CILPE) in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, leading Ibero-American language experts came together to...
Connecting the Community
I’m the principal at Brookwood Elementary, where we serve more than 1,200 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Approximately 10% of our students are...
Could French Prevail in Europe?
France’s European affairs minister Clément Beaune is taking advantage of France’s presidency of the European Union’s (EU’s) Council for the first time since Brexit...
UAE Launches Arabic Declaration
Last month, at the Expo 2020 Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, VP and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
Irish Gains Full EU Status
The derogation of the status of the Irish language in European Union (EU) institutions ended on 31 December 2021 and its status is now...
UK Government Backs British Sign Language Bill
The British government is backing a bill to finally make British Sign Language (BSL) a recognized language in the UK and help deaf people...
Netflix Banks on Korean
Netflix has announced that it will release a record amount of Korean-language programming, including five original films, in 2022, capitalizing on last year’s global...
Spanish Ballots ‘Critical for Democracy’
As voting rights and voter suppression have become hot topics in Washington, the lack of multilingual ballots in some parts of the US is...
Cowichan Tribes Vote to Create Independent School District
Cowichan Tribes along with the Dididaht First Nation in Duncan, BC have voted to create their own independent school district, according to reporting form Chek...
But You’re Not What We’re Looking For
(January 2022) Mary Romney-Schaab explores employment discrimination in English language teaching
