Government has moral responsibility to tackle boat crossings – Cooper
Home Secretary refuses to say when number of people arriving on small boats will fall, after Thursday saw the highest ever ...
Santa Barbara Independent14h
California Banned Bilingual Education for Almost 20 Years. It Still Hasn’t Recovered
The nation’s most linguistically diverse state has a tortured history with bilingual education in public schools. The Education Department can’t — and the Legislature won’t — do what it takes to ...
The Advocate1d
This LSU student is bringing Louisiana Creole back to his family — years after it died out
When a native language dies out in a family, is it gone for good? LSU senior Henry Johnson refused to let that happen.
Psychology Today1d
How You Speak and What You Experience Are Related
Everyday metaphors link to how we experience the world around us, according to seminal work by Lakoff and Johnson. In English ...
Opinion
Let’s stop speaking in tongues about English
There is a funny line in the BBC comedy series, To the Manor Born, when a feudal aristocrat fallen on difficult days sells her country mansion to a Czech-born tycoon. Speaking of the responsibility ...
‘Embedded into a community’: CORE aids Spanish-speaking families after Hurricane Helene
In the wake of Hurricane Helene's devastation in Swannanoa, North Carolina, the Alan Campos mobile home park is slowly rebuilding with the aid of the Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE).
I saw Google’s plan to put Android on your face
This is my first experience with Android XR — a new mixed reality OS designed for headsets and smart glasses, like the prototypes I’m wearing. It’s Google’s big bet to power a new generation of ...
The Economist3d
Why China is losing interest in English
Today, though, any foreigner visiting Beijing will notice that rather few people are able to speak English well. The 80% ...
MIT Technology Review3d
Google’s new Project Astra could be generative AI’s killer app
Google just launched a ton of new products—including Gemini 2.0, which could power a new world of agents. And we got a first look.
ScreenRant on MSN3d
After 41 Years, Star Wars Is Teaching Ewoks How to Speak English, and It’s a Surprisingly Big Deal
Ewoks" miniseries contains a major moment for the forest moon dwellers, as Wicket reveals they are capable of speaking "Basic ...
Why Australian politicians are flocking to ‘Little Red Book’ to engage with Chinese voters
Red, as the platform is known for short, offers a more open space than WeChat for competing ideas to be heard.
Apple Intelligence begins rolling out to English-speaking countries
Apple’s much anticipated new range of generative artificial intelligence tools for the iPhone and other devices have started to roll out to users in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South ...