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May 2013
Indigenous Languages
Nunavut Official Languages Act and preserving Nahuatl
Multilingual Malaysia
Gordon Berrick sees Malaysia’s language skills leading to its success
Interview with Clay Pell
The nation’s new language czar speaks with Language Magazine
Coaxing Students Down...
8th International Conference on Language Teacher Education
The 8th International Conference on Language Teacher Education (LTE 2013), organized by the National Capital Language Resource Center (NCLRC), will be held in Washington, DC from May 30-June 1, 2013.
Designed for practitioners...
Study in Uruguay
2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Spanish in Uruguay, so what better time to visit the Republic East of the Uruguay River?
Uruguay is famously a popular destination for Argentine tourists who...
Strange Bedfellows
Julie Gordon chronicles the efforts of linguists, indigenous communities, and Google to create a comprehensive online information source on endangered languages
In what might seem an unlikely partnership, a team comprised of leading linguists, representatives...
March 2013
Preschool Promise
During last month’s State of the Union address, the President made it very clear that he wanted to “work with states” to expand preschool across the nation: “I propose working with states to...
March 2013
Strange Bedfellows
Julie Gordon chronicles the efforts of linguists, indigenous communities, and Google to create a comprehensive online information source on endangered languages
Speaking in Our Defense
David Edwards reflects on the first year’s work of...
Mother Knows Best
An African experiment lends considerable weight to the argument for mother-tongue education
For the last five years, 24 schools in Central Africa's Cameroon have taken part in an experiment to determine the efficacy of...
NIEA Calls for Action
‘Empowering tribes and Native communities is critical to providing our children with high-quality education. Passage of the Native CLASS Act is an important and much-needed step in that direction,’ says NIEA President Dr. Heather...
News
Google Launches Endangered Language Project
The web behemoth, Google, knows that knowledge is power, and as the world’s largest purveyor of information, Google has risen to the opportunity to use its power for good in...
The Portuguese Leviathan
Kristal Bivona explores the natural and cultural diversity of Brazil
Wake up and smell the cafezinho. The world is finally recognizing that Brazil is half of Latin America and potentially the next world superpower. Students...
