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Is the Best Form of Input Interactive?
This article summarizes the first results of an ongoing experiment which tests how text-based computer games called hypertext fictions (HFs) compare to traditional reading...
English Boom in North Korea
In contrast to its open hostility toward the US, North Korea has been doubling down on English education in its public schools under the...
Plan to Restore Russian in Vietnam
There is a new Russian–Vietnamese plan to bring the learning of Russian back to Vietnamese schools, despite English and Chinese being the most popular...
French Is for Films, Fitness and Fun!
The 2024 Olympics are being held in Paris, and French is one of the two official languages of the Olympic Games wherever they may...
Call to Promote Portuguese Use in Macao
Portuguese should not simply be a tool for official communication in Macao but needs to be promoted as a language in daily life, according...
El País Launches US Spanish Edition
Spain’s flagship daily newspaper El País has launched a digital edition focused on reaching the 42 million Spanish speakers in the US—Latin American and...
Korean Marriage Migrants Offered Free Classes
Since the 1990s, the South Korean government has encouraged Korean men, particularly those in rural areas, to marry women from overseas.
However, the lives...
Paraguay Offers Korean in Schools
Starting this year, middle and high school students in Paraguay can learn Korean as a second foreign language subject, according to the Ministry of...
Latvia Drops Russian from Schools
Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers has unanimously and without debate approved new education rules that plan for the gradual rejection of studying Russian as a...
Project Seeks to Preserve Syriac
Texas A&M University historian Dr. Daniel Schwartz and likeminded colleagues from around the world have been working to help preserve Syriac and its 2,000...
Portuguese Planning for Immigrants
The president of Portugal’s recently created Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA), Luís Goes Pinheiro, has announced a plan, aimed at immigrants in...
