Tag: Japanese
Japanese Guide Created for Immigrants
As Japan’s immigrant population reaches record highs in response to demand for workers as the country's indigenous population ages, volunteers in the Western prefecture...
Free Access to Japanese Materials
JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, a Japanese cultural destination in the heart of Hollywood, has expanded its resources to include an extensive digital library with...
Japanese, Turkish, and Korean Traced Back 9000 Years to China
The Transeurasian language family that includes Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Turkish, and Tungusic languages has had its origins traced back 9000 years, to early farming...
New Research Shows Certain Languages, English Included, May Spread COVID-19 Faster
A new study suggests that English speakers create more droplets in the air when they talk, which may make them more likely to spread...
Japan Takes Responsibility for Language
Japan’s parliament, the Diet, has responded to the steady growth of foreign residents by passing a law making the government responsible for Japanese-language education....
Mix of Japanese-Indigenous Languages Survives in Taiwan
In the town of Hanhsi in the northeastern mountains here, where many of the Atayal indigenous people reside, a language resembling Japanese -- "Yilan...
Caretakers Japanese Level Raises Concerns in Nursing
Japan eased the language ability requirements in its move to bring in foreign technical trainees in nursing care. Although the relaxed requirements have been...
Nebraska Students Get Teachers From 2 Continents
Japanese language classes already are scarce in Nebraska: Southwest is the only high school in Lincoln Public Schools — and one of the few...
13 Million Brits Plan to Learn Spanish in 2018
According to a poll recently released by the British Council, one out of every five UK adults (about 13 million people) said they plan...
When Literacy Gets Critical
Lina Sun provides a rationale for integrating peace education into the English curriculum through graphic novels
Graphic novels, which tell real and fictional stories using...
