Tag: language
Bipartisan Language Education Bill Introduced
Reps. David Price (D-NC), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Joe Crowley (D-NY), and Don Young (R-AK) have introduced the World Language Advancement Act (H.R. 3096), which...
Pluto’s Linguistic History
The name Pluto comes from the greek Ploutōn (Πλούτων), who was the ruler of the underworld in Greek and Roman religion and mythology. Plouton,...
Identifying Literacy and Learning Disabilities Early
New research from Northwestern University has found a quick way to detect future literacy challenges in children who have not yet learned to read...
Google to Focus on Indic Language Content
India is now the second-largest online market in the world, but the Internet in India is predominantly an English only medium. Only 10% of...
The Twitter Hashtag is Officially a Word
The children's dictionary writers at Oxford University Press (OUP) named #, or hashtag, the UK children's word of the year. Through the annual analysis...
Where is Language in the Brain?
In the well-known left and right brain divide, language has been placed as a logical function of the left. The center of language comprehension...
Peru Officially Recognizes 24 Indigenous Languages
The Peruvian Ministry of Education worked with indigenous communities to officially recognize the alphabets of 24 indigenous languages. The measure states; "Thus, these 24...
Sephardic Jews Learn Spanish Language for Citizenship
A government decision in 2012 started an official dialogue offering Spanish citizenship to Sephardic Jews in compensation for their ancestor’s expulsion from Spain during...
Middlebury’s Language Schools Turn 100
The Middlebury Language Schools celebrate their 100th anniversary this year and will be celebrating with academic and festive events from July 15-19 at both...
Preserving the Critically Endangered N|uu Language
N|uu is the language of the San people, who were the first hunter-gatherers in southern Africa. The language has 112 distinct sounds including 45...
