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If you’re lucky enough to be able to teach your child several languages, don’t hesitate!
Around 98% of all research is published in English, posing a serious problem for the global scientific community.
Bilingual education can improve learning outcomes but it’s important to consider local context.
Studies of African multilingual contexts are almost non-existent in high-impact scientific journals.
Canada’s population is more diverse than ever, with many different languages represented. Government policy must reflect that diversity and offer meaningful support to minority languages.
Children may struggle to recall basic words in their first language within a couple of months of stopping using it.
The way questions on language were posed call the results into question.
Language-learning research in the Netherlands has determined that using a foreign language rather than just memorizing its grammar can transform how students progress.
Speakers of minority languages (like Welsh) often insert words from a majority language (like English) while speaking.
Signs in languages other than French could be seen as an outstretched hand in yet another episode of linguistic tensions, but also as an indicator that French is indeed losing ground.
Multilingual teaching was a challenge under emergency remote learning conditions: computer systems weren’t adapted to indigenous languages.
It is important to embrace all the nation’s languages in a multilingual and multicultural society. This will ensure they are used, developed and mainstreamed.
English has failed often as the main language of court in proceedings - this impacts testimony and must be addressed.
A study of 25 heritage language schools in Edmonton shows how schools met the needs of migrant and front-line workers, resisted racism and built community for immigrants.
For most Québec residents, there is broad consensus that French should be protected. But many of us believe that multilingualism need not threaten French.
Investir dans l'éducation bilingue peut réduire les redoublements et les abandons et améliorer les résultats en matière d'alphabétisation.
When schools honour and learn from immigrant parents’ knowledge, they support more opportunities to enhance young children’s linguistic, cultural and social experiences.
It’s been in existence since the 1500s but the Kaaps language, synonymous with Cape Town, has never had a dictionary until now.
Experts disagree on what makes someone truly bilingual, and how the human brain accesses multiple languages.
Top contributors
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Professor of African Language Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Postdoctoral research fellow (Forensic Linguistics/ Language and Law), University of the Western Cape
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Emeritus Professor of African Linguistics, University of Leipzig
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Professor in Language Education, member bua-lit collective, University of Cape Town
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PhD student, Developmental Psychology and Education, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Language and Literacy Studies, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer, Department of African Languages, Makerere University
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Lecturer in African Languages, Makerere University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of the Western Cape
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Dean: Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of the Western Cape
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Assistant Professor, Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Modern Languages, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor of Education, Oregon State University
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Associate professor, Faculty of Education, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
