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How heritage language schools offered grassroots community support through the pandemic

Heritage language schools are grassroots organizations that maintain the languages and cultures of immigrant communities, and offer vital community services, employment opportunities and networking to prevent social isolation. They advocate for multilingualism and cross-cultural understanding. These schools range from small organizations, run by volunteers, to large, accredited schools.

The Conversation

Want to say ‘laugh’ in Shona? There’s an edutech startup to help you

Did you think of trying to learn an African language online during the pandemic, only to be disappointed when you found popular apps like Duolingo didn’t offer Shona or Ndebele or Venda?

Radio France Internationale

Many languages can be learned other than mother tongue through NEP: Tamilisai Soundararajan

Children will be able to learn other languages apart from their mother tongue through the implementation of the National Education Policy, said Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan here on Saturday.

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John Claughton – WoLLoW

John Claughton left Oxford in 1979 with a double first in Classics and four cricket Blues. He was just what the City was looking for, and – after a brief dalliance as an “inadequate” professional cricketer at Warwickshire – walked straight into a job at Rothschild’s. Only problem was, he…

The Independent UK

Bill 96 will harm Indigenous people in Québec. We need more equitable language laws

One of the reasons I moved to Québec in 2015 was because of the mélange of languages in which many Quebecers — especially in Montréal — live and work. Some are able to change languages from sentence to sentence; others will switch in the middle of sentences or speak in…

The Conversation

West Lothian students show they have gift of the gab in language comp

Students are hailed champions in competition to promote modern languages

Daily Record

No saffronization of education, asserts Pradhan; says all Indian languages equally important

Mr. Pradhan also insisted the government considers all Indian languages, including Hindi, as “National Languages” and gives them equal importance

The Hindu

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President Kovind bats for conservation of local languages

He became the first President to attend a conference of any regional language in northeast

The Hindu

The debate on the national language

What were the Constituent Assembly debates about Hindi being made the ‘national’ language? What happened in 1965?

The Hindu

Everyone Mistook This Bloke For Jared Leto At The Met, Which In Most Languages Is An Insult

Sorry to this man.

Pedestrian.tv

PM Modi for use of local languages in courts

At a joint conference of CMs and CJs, Modi bats for use of technology

The Hindu

PM Modi advocates use of local languages in courts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong pitch for use of local languages in courts, contending that it will increase the confidence of common citizens in the justice system and they will feel more connected to it. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

A step that would trigger language phonocide

Imposing Hindi would be catastrophic; instead, India would be better off having a multi-linguistic accommodative policy

The Hindu

A writer lost his singing voice, then discovered the gymnastics of speech

John Colapinto developed a vocal polyp when he began "wailing" with a rock group without proper warmup. He talks about the frailty and feats of the human voice. Originally broadcast Jan. 26, 2021.

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A needless controversy on languages, says Pratap Simha

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3 barriers that stop students choosing to learn a language in high school

Fewer students are choosing language electives at school, but contrary to popular perception, it isn’t purely a lack of interest causing the decline. My recent study suggests students want to study a language, but can’t.

Daily Mirror

Man puzzled as girlfriend dumps him because of love language test from 1992

Dr Gary Chapman created the Love Language Test to find out the way in which you receive and express love in a relationship, but Twitter users are divided over the results

The Hindu

Explained | The anti-Hindi imposition movements in India

Anti-Hindi imposition protests have had a long and tumultuous history in India

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Use of local languages in High Courts | CJI points out at ‘certain barriers’

CJI N.V. Ramana says Science and Tech. can come to aid

Daily Record

Family of teacher who died from Covid miss out on £100,000 pension due to legal loophole

Nick Stone, a foreign languages teacher, passed away earlier this year after a two-week battle with Coronavirus.

Android Central

How to automatically translate websites in Google Chrome

Check out how to automatically translate websites in Google Chrome. With this feature, Google's browser lets you freely explore the World Wide Web.

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