Unique Wedding Traditions Around the Globe
A wedding is a very special occasion. It is a solemn promise between two people to spend the rest of…
Preserving Endangered Languages
Many of the languages that are now endangered are those that do not have written form. These undocumented languages, particularly…
Pros and Cons of Having Multilingual Social Media Accounts
There is an ongoing argument regarding the pros and cons of multilingual social media accounts. Those in favor rave about…
World Teachers’ Day Commemorated in Recognition of the Noblest Profession
Since the inception of World Teachers’ Day celebration in 1994, awareness and understanding of teachers and their career have placed…
Yiddish Life Expectancy Extended with Recent Revival Efforts
Yiddish is not in any way a dead language. Millions still speak it, although the language does need a boost…
The Pros and Cons of Multilingual Blogging
A multilingual website such as a blog is essentially a site that features a number of different languages. Here are…
Are Dying Languages Worth Saving?
There has been a significant number of endangered and dying languages and the high percentage has been a point of…
Belize: A Country Where Most People are Trilingual
Multi-cultural and tropical Belize is the home of many different cultures. The most diverse population of the Americas can be…
It’s Time for Festa des Vermar: The Grape Throwing Festival in Mallorca, Spain
On September 28 and 29, 2013, the usually quiet town of Binissalem will hold its annual Grape Throwing Festival. This…
Encouraging Language Learning at Home and in School
Every learning opportunity is an adventure. When learning involves a foreign language, the adventure is usually the long-term sort. For…
US Health Care: Proposed Outcome-based Payments
The experts in the US health care industry are proposing that a shift from the traditional fee-for-service method when receiving…
Language Use and Abuse: Jargon, Double Speak, and Euphemism
Before we can use a language, we need to know what the words mean and how they are formed into…