More funding for learning of mother tongue languages in Singapore
MOE has raised the funding commitment for the mother tongue language learning and promotion committees.PHOTO: ST FILE SINGAPORE – Three committees that aim to encourage the learning and use of Chinese, Malay and Tamil here will get a 50 per [...]
How diplomats learn so many new languages in a short amount of time
Fluent in 3 Months/Shawn KobbShawn Kobb. This post was written by Shawn Kobb and was originally published by Fluent in 3 Months. Shawn Kobb has been with the U.S. Foreign Service for nearly 8 years and has served in Ukraine, The [...]
Fort Worth students learning the world of languages
When he was in the first grade, Jackson Roblow, now 11, couldn’t speak a word of Spanish. That normally wouldn’t have been an issue in the largely English-speaking Fort Worth school district, but Roblow’s mother wanted him to learn Spanish, [...]
Learning new languages will literally make you see the world differently
Researchers have found that people who speak more than one language literally see the world differently, ScienceMag reveals. Researchers have found that depending on the primary language spoken, people looking at the same set of events perceive things differently. For [...]
Learning new languages will literally make you see the world differently
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Middlebury Interactive Languages Launches New Digital Curriculum to Close Learning Gap for English Language Learners …
MIDDLEBURY, Vt., March 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Middlebury Interactive Languages, the academic leader in language instruction for K-12 learners, along with partner Fuel EducationTM (FuelEdTM), today launched a suite of high-quality digital instructional materials designed to boost language acquisition [...]
Business leaders call for action on languages
CBI Scotland, the Institute of Directors in Scotland and the Scottish Chambers of Commerce said it was essential to the future competitiveness of the Scottish economy that pupils were able to learn a range of languages. The call comes after [...]
Welsh among 11 New Languages Added to Learning App uTalk
This article was originally distributed via PRWeb. PRWeb, WorldNow and this Site make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. The latest update for language learning app uTalk, for iPhone and iPad, adds a further 11 languages, bringing the total [...]
Ask a North Korean: do you learn foreign languages?
North Korean school children are required to learn a foreign tongue. Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP Kristo from Estonia asks: In the USSR, behind the Iron Curtain, foreign language studies in universities were prestigious for variety of reasons. How accessible are [...]
Eton Institute Launches Enhanced Online Courses With Access to Over 60 Languages at Once
DUBAI, UAE, January 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – To kick off the New Year, Eton Institute offers the ultimate flexibility to its community of learners with its enhanced online self-study language courses, providing unlimited access to over 60 languages, interactive learning [...]