Tag: language
British Language Festival Launches
The British Academy and the Guardian newspaper are currently hosting the 2014Language Festival with the Born Global Symposia at the Language Show Live in London....
Arabic Promotion Pact
THE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the United Arab Emirates has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Society for...
Arabic for America
Carine Allaf outlines the benefits and challenges of learning Arabic at K–12
In a highly globalized world, in which country borders are increasingly permeable and...
Australia Announces $9.8m for Early Language Ed
Pilot program bets children can learn a new language without a teacher.
The Australian government is pouring nearly AUS$10 million into world language education pilot...
UPDATE: Congress Considers Native Language Revitalization
Language revitalization bills head to the floor.
Bipartisan support for the Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act (H.R.4214/S.1948) and The Native American Languages Reauthorization Act...
Music Education Boosts Language and Literacy
New research presented at the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting links music education to increased learning and literacy skills. The findings, which involved hundreds...
$2m for Welsh Language Centers
The Welsh government is taking action to curb the disappearance of the Welsh language. According to the 2011 census, only 19% of Welsh people...
Congress Considers Indigenous Language Bills
The Linguistic Society of America is working closely with the Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) to raise awareness within Congress about...
MIT Study Reveals Secret to Language Learning – Don’t Try Too...
Proof that language learners should let it flow
In a new study, a team of neuroscientists and psychologists led by Amy Finn, a postdoc at...
Foreign Language Skills Deemed a Necessity in UK Business Firms
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has announced nearly two thirds of 300 recently surveyed UK businesses prefer staff with foreign language skills.
The...
