Tag: language
Emojis and the Language of the Internet
People have been complaining about language being ruined by younger generations for thousands of years. Linguist John McWhorter noted that a Roman scholar in...
Bridging the North and South Korean Language Divide
Cheil Worldwide has launched a mobile app called “Univoca: South Korean-North Korean Translator," to help North Korean defectors in South Korea easily communicate in...
Lee Kuan Yew’s Language Legacy
The founding father of modern Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015 at the age of 91. Leading Singapore...
Will You Accept the Indigenous Language Challenge?
In the same vein as the ice-bucket challenge that raised awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a video challenge to raise awareness and fostering...
Oklahoma Senator Reintroduces the English Language Unity Act
This week, Senator Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, reintroduced the English Language Unity Act. The legislation would mandate that the federal government use...
An Increase in Foreign Language Support For South Korea’s Multicultural Families
According to South Korea’s Gender Equality Ministry and municipal governments, more language support programs will be launched for multicultural families in 2015. There were...
Write to the US Senate to Protect World Language Education
The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of the United States Senate has released a draft of the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
Google Translate’s Update Forecasts Language Learning Machines
Google Translate, an app that is estimated to perform about one billion translations a day, has officially added two new translation technologies. The Word...
Celebrate International Mother Language Day
Inclusive Education through and with Language - Language Matters
Message from the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova:
2015 marks the 15th anniversary of International Mother Language...
Chimps Learn the Local Language
When humans move to a new place, they oftentimes learn the local way of speaking, whether picking up some of the local language or...
