Tag: language
£1.6m Boost for the Welsh Language
The Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has announced plans to strengthen the Welsh language over the next two years.
A total of 1.6 million pounds...
Deforestation Linked to Language Loss
A new report has shown a direct link between forest destruction and the loss of languages.
The study by researchers Jonathan Loh at the Zoological...
Alaska Judge Orders Native Language Translations of Election Materials
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason plans to conduct a 10-day trial this month, in a voting rights lawsuit to translate all election materials into...
Portuguese President Promotes Language During China Visit
On his sixth visit to Macau, the Portuguese Republic President Cavaco Silva recently emphasized the continued value of the Portuguese language in scientific, economic,...
From Language Skills to Teaching Prowess
Montserrat Villar González offers a personal view on developing as a language teacher
There are many paths to becoming a teacher of a second or...
14th Annual Beijing Foreign Language Festival
The annual Beijing Foreign Language Festival was held in Chaoyang Park this weekend, attracting thousands of language enthusiasts, teachers, students and volunteers from around...
Robots Teach Language Skills to Preschoolers
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have launched an eight week trial to test how well preschool children can learn language skills from...
Hitler’s Birthplace to Become Immigrant Language Center
In an interesting turn of events, the Austrian guesthouse where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 is likely to become a language center for...
Hitler’s Birthplace to Become Immigrant Language Center
The Austrian guesthouse where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, is likely to become a language center for immigrants it has been reported.
The future...
Using foreign language increases rationality
A new study from psychologists at the University of Chicago and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona finds that people using a foreign language...
