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The EtonHouse executive director reflects on the best way to learn. Children learn naturally when they are happy and engaged.
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has said Ghana is to expedite action on its transition to become a full member of the International Organisation of the Francophonie OIF.
A comprehensive study warns that 1,500 endangered languages could no longer be spoken by the end of this century. Published in Nature Ecology and Evolution (www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01604-y), the study, led by the Australian National University (ANU), charts the widest range of factors ever putting endangered languages under pressure and identified predictors that put endangered languages at high risk. Co-author Professor Lindell Bromham said that of the world’s 7,000 recognized languages, around half are currently endangered: “We found that without immediate intervention, language loss could triple in the next 40 years. And by the end of this century, 1,500 languages could cease
In today's global society, bilingualism is increasingly common. Many grow up with one language at home and another at school. In a new dissertation at Umeå University, Baran Johansson has investigated how children in grades 4–9 read and write in two languages with different alphabets. The participants are Persian-Swedish bilingual students with and without reading difficulties who can read and write in both Persian (Arabic alphabet) and Swedish (Latin alphabet).
Contact languages are widely spoken by many First Nations children. These languages must be recognised and valued in the classroom to better meet students’ learning needs.
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Moving to and settling into a new country is never easy. It’s daunting enough as a single person, or as a couple, but moving with children presents the unique challenge of finding a suitable preschool or international school.
Pleas to save Indigenous languages that enrich ‘our human cultural diversity’
New Delhi: The world's most popular language learning app - launched the 2021 Duolingo Language Report in India today, revealing language learning habits,
Bilingual schools prepare children for a new globalized market. But what about Italy's already strong history of native bilingualism?
BW Education - , Higher Education-The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 reiterates the three-language formula, stating that “wherever possible, students should be taught in the mother tongue/regional language/local language till Class 5.”
This report presents findings from the trial of the English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Learning Progression instrument in NSW schools.
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Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga says her department is moving forward with plans to incorporate mother-tongue languages at the country’s schools.
Whether native speakers or learners themselves, Anishinaabemowin teachers in Canada work hard to create curriculums, deliver online classes and build software to ensure the language is passed on to the next generation.
Beijing [China], March 12 (ANI): A Uyghur educator, honoured previously by the government for outstanding works, is serving seven-year imprisonment in China's Xinjiang region for violating Chinese policy by instructing students in Uyghur language, said a media report citing one of his former students and a police officer.
Monday 21 February is UNESCO International Mother Language Day. With so much emphasis placed on integration in the Netherlands, heritage languages can get neglected. But, say experts, that’s a big mistake. ‘Monolingualism is not the norm,’ says Dr Sharon Unsworth, a language scientist at Radboud University and the host of Kletsheads, a podcast about raising bilingual children. While in the Netherlands around 25% of the population speak an additional language beyond Dutch at home, globally it’s at least 60%
One solution to Cameroon’s Anglophone separatist war could come from an unlikely source: The Catholic Bilingual School of Our Lady of Resurrection.
Schools in Wales will be placed in new categories from September 2022 onwards according to how much Welsh they teach, in a move partly inspired by success in the Basque Country. Since 2007 primary schools in Wales have been divided into five different linguistic categories with secondary schools in four categories with many subsections. The […]
English has been at the heart of discussions over nationwide university entrance exams amid growing frustrations that few Japanese students learn to speak the language fluently.
The international schools’ sector is growing. This means more choice and affordable opportunities to set your child on the path to success with a world-class education. Experts from top schools offer their insights on curriculum choice to help you make the right decisions.
For years, Tibetans have been sounding the alarm over what they see as assimilationist policies from Beijing
Taipei, Dec. 1 (CNA) The government's "Bilingual Nation 2030" policy will help boost the competitiveness of young people in Taiwan in the global job market and help them connect with the world, National Development Council (NDC) Minster Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) said Wednesday.
The Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School, based in Coffs Harbour, will teach kindergarten to Year 2 classes in both Gumbaynggirr language and English.
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