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Linguistic Gratuity: NLSC Press
Often Americans are so worried about having people learn English that they forget what a valuable resources it is to have people who speak other languages living among us. Not only are these language skills helpful for business, legal, and … Continue reading
Posted in Linguistic Gratuity, Resources
Tagged American, American diplomacy, Arabic, community service, dimplomacy, diplomatic, Education, English language, English-only, Foreign language, foreign languages, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Language, Language acquisition, Linguistics, Mandarin, national language service corps, national secruity, National security, nlsc, Social Sciences
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Classroom Activities: Celebrating International Mother Language Day
Today (February 21, 2011) is the 11th annual International Mother Language Day. It’s the day that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) asks us to recognize and honor the strength that linguistic diversity brings us. This blog has … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Activities, Language News
Tagged African American, African American languages, American, and Cultural Organization, Beowolf, bilingual, Classroom Activities, democratic, English language, English Only movement, English-only, First language, hedge schools, human rights, International Mother Language Day, Irish, Jon Reyhner, language education, language policy, language rights, language teaching, Linguistic relativity, linguistic rights, Linguistics, literature, Mayan, minority language, minority language groups, monolingual, mother tongues, multilingual, Native American, Native American langauges, Navin Singh, Northern Arizona University, Old English, Patricia K. Kuhl, Patricia Kuhl, pedagogy, Sapir, Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Scientific, Second language, social studies, standard, Steven Pinker, TED, TEDx, translation, UN, UNESCO, United Nations, United Nations Declaration of Universal Human Rights, United Nations Educational, Whorf
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