Digital tools ‘to save languages’
The World Has Changed
I have worked successfully on four continents and frequently speak and write on global careers despite being fluent only in English. I first went overseas in the late 1990s as an executive when few American expats spoke foreign languages. Back… Continue reading
Arabic instruction on the rise after 9/11
In exploring changes in the classroom since the 9/11 attacks occurred a decade ago, one notable development is growth in the teaching of Arabic as a foreign language. To be clear, it’s still rare in comparison with most other languages,… Continue reading
Chinese Language
Chinese or the Sinitic language(s) is a language family consisting of languages which are mostly mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages. Continue reading
Persian/Farsi Language
Persian (local names:فارس, Farsi) is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is widely spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and to some extent in Armenia, Turkmanistan, Azerbaijan and Bahrain. Continue reading
Arabic Language
Arabic (العربية al-arabiyyah) is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages such as Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages. Arabic has more speakers than any other language in the Semitic language family. It is spoken by more than 280 million people as a first language, most of whom live in the Middle East and North Africa. Continue reading