Plurilingualism and globalization
In her talk, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? (For instance: what if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL?) It's a passionate defense of translating and sharing ideas. (Filmed at TEDxDubai.) Patricia Ryan has spent the past three-plus decades teaching English in...
Plurilingualism and globalization
"Le multilinguisme est essentiel pour faire progresser l'intégration européenne". Cette conclusion a été constatée lors de la plus récente assemblée générale de la Plateforme. Selon un nouveau rapport d'experts, les enfants ayant des besoins spéciaux et les adultes handicapés restenet...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Guillou, Michel 29/06/2012 | Mise à jour : 13:01 TRIBUNE - Alors que le Forum mondial sur la langue française s'ouvre lundi à Québec, Michel Guillou, membre de l'Académie des sciences d'outre-mer, propose une alternative à la domination de la langue de Shakespeare. Un peu plus chaque jour la langue anglaise s'installe non...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Philippe Bertrand, les Echos, 19 juillet 2012 Sentiment de déclassement, perte d'identité, manque de repères : les raisons ne manquent pas pour expliquer l'attirance des Français pour les extrêmes, de droite comme de gauche, qui ont rassemblé près d'un tiers des électeurs au premier tour de la dernière élection...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Marianne2, samedi 30 juin 2012 Un forum mondial de la langue française se tiendra au Québec du 2 au 6 juillet. L'objectif ? Promouvoir la langue française en remettant en cause l'idée du monopole de l'anglais dans la communication mondiale. Pour cela, Jean-Louis Roy, Dominique Gallet et les signataires de l'appel qu'ils ont lancé en appellent...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Richard Shryock argues that French is the most practical language to learn While any language will be useful for some jobs or for some regions, French is a language that is useful throughout the world as well as in the U.S. French as a foreign language is the second most frequently taught language in the world after English. The International Organization of...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Aprendemas.com, 11 juin 2012 Más de 7.000 lenguas hay en el mundo en la actualidad. Sin embargo, dentro de 100 años se estima que el 90% se habrán extinguido o estarán en proceso de extinción. Las previsiones apuntan a que el chino, el español y el inglés serán las lenguas más importantes durante el próximo...
Plurilingualism and globalization
The Telegraph, 6 June 2012
Hay Festival 2012: English will die out like Latin, leading linguist claims
English will soon die out as the world’s most dominant language and be replaced by ‘machine translation’ that allows people to communicate via hand-held devices like iPads, Nicolas Ostler, a leading linguist has claimed. Read more...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Plurilingualism and globalization
Posted on May 29, 2012 by Language Rich Blog Following our successful first launch in Bern, Switzerland on 23 May 2012, Caroline Morrissey, Director British Council Switzerland, has written an article discussing both the launch and the Swiss language situation in general. Please read on to find out more. Anything to do with language policy in Switzerland, a country with four...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Par Michel Feltin-Palas (L'Express), publié le 28/03/2012 Faut-il s'inquiéter de la domination de la langue anglaise? Les langues nationales vont-elles disparaître? Sans chauvinisme ni ringardise, le linguiste Claude Hagège dresse un constat lucide de la situation. Rencontre. Vous trouverez ici une traduction vers le russe de cet article, fruit...
Plurilingualism and globalization
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In case you have missed it, there’s an interesting new OECD publication which “examines the links between globalisation and the way we teach and learn languages”. You can preview the whole book online for free. Please see the abstract of the book below for more information.
Plurilingualism and globalization
News 24, 7 may 2012 The subject of language as the powerful tool used for oppression, deprivation and exclusion is largely viewed as a long overdue phenomenon by the elite in the main. This is especially true when it is voiced from the South African context. Also the suggestion that this integral element of humanity could be used in its diversified form to integrate and...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Apr 30th 2012, 11:02 by L.M. | LONDON TSEDAL NEELEY, an assistant professor at Harvard, wants all employees of multinational companies to speak English, no matter where in the world they are or what they do. Ms Neeley makes the case for an English-only policy for businesses that operate in more than one country in the May issue of Harvard Business Review. English...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Diplomats who are not fluent in the local tongue risk doing their country a disservice
By Charles Crawford, 10 April 2012
Plurilingualism and globalization
Source: EurekAlert, Public release date: 2-Apr-2012 Swedish adolescents' desire to learn a foreign language besides English, which they start learning relatively early, has been declining for a long time. A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that one factor behind this trend may be that English is used as a resource when students learn French,...
Plurilingualism and globalization
Quelle: Goethe Institut / Die Macht der Sprache / Mehrsprachigkeit und Identität „Übersetzung bedeutet zugleich Bereicherung und Verlust“ – Deutsch in den Wissenschaften Ist die Wissenschaft heute noch mehrsprachig, und welche Rolle hat das Deutsche als Wissenschaftssprache? Wir haben darüber mit Felix Grigat, dem verantwortlichen Redakteur der...
Plurilingualism and globalization
L'émission "Tire ta langue" de France Culture est proposée par Antoine Perraud chaque dimanche de 12h à 12h30 Le site de l'émission Comment résister à l'invasion du globish? 14 26.02.2012 - 12:00 Avec Xavier Combe, interprète de conférence,...
Plurilingualism and globalization
28/3/2012
En estos días salió publicada en el influyente diario The New York Times la opinión de Larry Summers, figura del equipo económico de Obama y ex presidente de la también influyente universidad de Harvard, afirmando que: se confirma el inglés como idioma global junto con el progreso de los traductores ...
Plurilingualism and globalization
27/3/2012 Numărul copiilor din Anglia, care declară limba engleză drept limbă maternă, a scăzut dramatic în ultima perioadă, astfel încât a ajuns în minoritate în peste 1600 de şcoli din Anglia. Statisticile arată că circa un milion de copii care studiază în Anglia nu au limba...
Plurilingualism and globalization
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Plurilingualism and globalization
US and UK policy to promote English language teaching expertise around the world is undermining multilingualism and education opportunities
Robert Phillipson, 13 March 2012
Plurilingualism and globalization
Portalingua, 23/2/2012 Ambasadorul României la Beijing, Romulus - Doru Costea, a primit, miercuri, un cadou special din partea fostului preşedinte chinez Jiang Zemin, constând în ultima lucrare editorială personală, intitulată „Limba română, 800 de fraze”, apărută în seria „Manualul de limbi străine pentru cadrele de conducere”, îngrijit de Ministerul Chinez de...
Plurilingualism and globalization
27/2/2012, Portalingua
O inglês tem sido a linguagem global dominante por um século, mas será ele o idioma do futuro? O mandarim chinês, que pode ser seu maior desafiante, está crescendo, mas ainda precisa conquistar seu próprio "quintal": o sudeste asiático.
Na cidade mais ao sul da Malásia, Johor Bahru, o desejo ...
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