Eddie Izzard named public language champion
Eddie Izzard follows last year’s winner Arsène Wenger to be named public language champion. Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris The public has chosen stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard as their 2014 public language champion. The award was announced on Friday at the Guardian [...]
Some People May Be Pre-Wired to Be Bilingual
Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter Posted: Friday, November 28, 2014, 4:00 AM (HealthDay News) — Some people’s brains seem pre-wired to acquire a second language, new research suggests. But anyone who tries to move beyond their mother tongue will likely gain [...]
Irish language gets boost from Duolingo mobile app
Successive governments have tried and failed to encourage more people to speak Irish but a free mobile app may be about to make all the difference. Duolingo, which was named by Apple as its App of the Year for 2013 [...]
‘Learning a foreign language helps promote world peace’
We’d asked you, dear readers to share your experience of learning a foreign language. Here, Pune-based Rediff.com reader Aparna Phatak tells us how German language helped her break the barriers and connect emotionally to the people of Germany and its [...]
‘Language learning opens up new horizons’
When I entered the French classroom I would become a different person. Not only could I express my ideas in another tongue, I could also act and react to the world from another’s perspective. This opportunity enabled me to appreciate [...]
Teachers Explore New Online Learning Environment for World Languages at ACTFL
SAN ANTONIO, TX–(Marketwired – Nov 21, 2014) – The future of world language learning — and the new tools that will help students achieve proficiency — are hot topics at this year’s American Council on The Teaching of Foreign Languages [...]
Learning a language is never a waste of time
Should we all learn a foreign language? Photo: Alamy Western linguistic pride took another big hit last week: India discontinued the study of German in its schools, to be replaced by “Sanskrit or any other modern Indian language”. The motive for [...]
SANS Inc. and Wayside Publishing Collaborate to Deliver On-Line Content
SANS Inc. and Wayside Publishing Collaborate to Deliver On-Line Content North Branford, CT, November 18, 2014 –(PR.com)– A dynamic new on-line learning platform from world language publisher Wayside Publishing is now powered by SANSSpace™ from SANS Inc. The Learning Site™ [...]
Sanskrit or German? A row over foreign languages in India’s schools
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken to India’s PM Narendra Modi about his order that state schools stop teaching German as a foreign language. The move is designed to promote more traditional Indian languages. India’s government has ordered a state-run [...]