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Task-Based Language-Learning App Wins
A start-up company helping people learn different languages is the winner of the 2022 University of Hawai’i Venture Competition (UHVC). GOALL (Great Online Activities for Language Learning), led by University of Hawai’i at Mānoa...
English Divide in Francophone West Africa
(July 2022) Mawa Samb offers solutions to the challenges created by teaching across a language divide
Hawaiian Lawmakers Apologize for Language Suppression
The legislature adopted House Concurrent Resolution 130 (HCR 130), which recognizes and apologizes for the damage caused by Act 57, a law passed shortly after the US’ displacement of the Hawaiian monarchy. Under Act...
Enthusiasm for Chinese Grows in Liberia
Chinese language and cultural studies will be offered as an undergraduate degree course for the first time at the University of Liberia and other colleges in the West African country, which came to being...
Dread and Delight as Québec Passes Strict French Law
Called Bill 96, Canada’s Québec province passed into law its fiercely fought French language bill last month. The new law will impose penalties on businesses and organizations that don’t switch exclusively to the French...
Uganda Considers Making Students Study Kiswahili and French
Politicians in Uganda are currently debating whether or not to make Kiswahili and French compulsory subjects in the country’s school system. As two of the official languages of the East African Community (EAC), both...
A Superpower Hidden in Plain Sight
How can educators ensure that emerging bilingual students are well served in their schools, and how can we as educators foster linguistic diversity as an asset rather than as a problem?
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The Endangered Language Alliance
(April 2022) Laura Silver reports on initiatives to protect and develop New York City’s linguistic diversity
Living Languages – Lenguas Vivas – Línguas Vivas
On International Mother Language Day, the first international, open access, electronic multilingual journal entirely dedicated to the revitalization and sustainability of Indigenous and minoritized languages was launched.
This year marks the first year of the...
New Mexico Bill Promotes Native Language Education
A bill that would help preserve Native languages and fairly compensate teachers who hold a Native American Language Certificate passed the New Mexico House of Representatives last month with a unanimous vote.
The bill, HB-60,...
