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'Stop measuring black kids with a white stick': how to make school assessments fairer for all

In the title we quote Michelle Martin (with her permission), who is a proud Kija woman and passionate educator. She sees a system that does not adequately recognise Aboriginal students’ worldviews or knowledge. Instead, the education system measures Aboriginal students according to white language and cultural systems.

The Conversation

In Assam schools, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma mulls hybrid teaching

GUWAHATI: Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said Assam is contemplating a hybrid method of education in government-run schools where mathematics will be taught in English and the other subjects in vernacular languages.

The Times of India

Google gets more multilingual, but will it get the nuance?

About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the lingua franca of the Inca Empire was nearly impossible before Google introduced it into its digital translation service Wednesday

The Independent UK

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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.

The Hindu

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

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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

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

Students in Delhi govt schools to study French

NEW DELHI: In a push towards enabling Delhi government school children learn global languages, Delhi Board of School Education on Monday signed an MoU with Institut Francais en Inde (IFI – the French institute in India).

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PM Modi for use of local languages in courts

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

Dynamite News

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:

The Hindu

A step that would trigger language phonocide

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

WEKU

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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Explainer for kids: Is Hindi India's National or Official language? Know the difference

Is Hindi the national language of India? Many would say yes, while many others would disagree.

The Conversation

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

The Hindu

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.

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