Missouri State Liaison Dr. Lisa Dorner reports that the University of Missouri at Columbia will host the annual Cambio de Colores (Change of Colors) conference on June 7-10, 2023, in Columbia, Missouri. This is a multistate conference focused on the integration of Latin@s/Latinxs/Hispanics and immigrants in new destinations, and it provides a professional development opportunity […]
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Turkiye Liaison Gülşen Şencan is developing an original project is to create an Augmented Reality (AR) guide that transforms audio guides into sign language to facilitate access to museums for the hearing impaired. This project, titled “AR Museum Guide with Sign Language in Museums” will be based on exhibits in the Imaret Museum, located in
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National Library of Spain Exhibition “Hell and Wonders” by Richard Dabrowski In November 2024, I had the opportunity to visit the National Library of Spain in Madrid, which recently opened a new permanent exhibition titled “Hell and Wonders” which could be of interest to teachers of Spanish [none of the materials are available in English
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By Sahara Al-Madi There are over 85.5 million reported Cantonese/Yue speakers worldwide!(Eberhard, Simons & Fennig, 2022). Cantonese is an important language to highlight as it represents a large population living within our global community who think, dream, and create just as we all do. They share a deep rooted history, culture and their impact continues
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Read the latest newsletter from the National Network for Early Language Learning Learn more at NNELL.org
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NML’s Wyoming State Liaison Katherine Boehnke, the past President of the Wyoming Association of Language Teachers (WALT), has recently assumed the Presidency of the PNCFL | Pacific Northwest Council for Languages, which includes members from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.
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By Sahara Al-Madi E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Language endangerment is a serious concern for humanity. Sustaining the life of a language means supporting the life and culture of a community. It is necessary to support the longevity of Hawaiʻi through language nests as it contains vast history, traditional knowledge, and connection to the land and
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By Sahara Al-Madi This month we want to spotlight American Sign Language and express gratitude for the hard of hearing and deaf community. The World Health Organization reports that over 1.5 billion people globally live with hearing loss. This number could rise to over 2.5 billion by 2050. This condition is common and has existed
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This February 19th, 2023 the city of Greenbelt Community Center located at 15 Crescent Rd will be hosting a poetry reading. They will be featuring Spoken word artists: Chris Haley, reading from his newly published book of poems, which will be available for sale; Sainey Cessay, 2021 Youth Poet Laureate, PG County; Francis Stedman, Poet
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By Sahara Al-Madi For December’s language of the month, I felt it was important to express appreciation for Kichwa/Quechua. Kichwa is an agglutinative language with SOV word order that has been spoken in the Andes region of South America long before the Inca Empire. It currently has an estimated speaking population of nearly eight and
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