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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The National Museum of Language has been expanding its relationships both nationally and internally over the past two years. On the national level, we now have liaisons from 37 states, Washington, DC, and five foreign countries (UK, Poland, France, Spain, and Turkey). International relationships have been further expanding through membership in the recently revived International
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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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An Exploration of Social Justice Themes in Song and Verse from Africa and the Diaspora This multilingual program presented by the National Museum of Language, made possible through a grant from the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, and in collaboration with Howard University, offered a unique opportunity to hear live readings of poetry on social justice
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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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NML Benefactor Marian J. Okada Highlights Outstanding Japanese Language Program at Waipahu High School in Waipahu, Hawaii, on Oahu By Marian Okada and Laura Murray Ms. Marian Okada, who has been a benefactor of the National Museum of Language, was invited to the public Waipahu High School on Oahu as a potential donor to the
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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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October 2024 News from our Language Leadership Council Liaison Freddie Bowles The spring 2024 submission for the Arkansas Seal of Biliteracy (ASOB) once again exceeded previous applications. 776 Arkansas high school students earned the Seal demonstrating their proficiency in English and one or more other languages by high school graduation. Forty-eight schools participated with four
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Our Senior Advisor Dr. Rosa Castro-Feinberg has informed us of a new online, graduate program in bilingual education offered by the University of Puerto Rico. The overview of this program describes its background and intent: For more than one hundred years, the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico and more recently its
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See below for the presentation NML Trustee Dr. Louise I. Greene Rodríguez gave at the 104th conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguesein San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was titled “Bocadillos Linqüísticos: Recurso Instruccional Tecnológico para Valorar Nuestras Races en el Salón de Español”
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