For those who are not aware, today is the 9th annual observance of International Mother Language Day, and the date of the official launch of the International...
Not sure if this is one of the events described in the previous message re UNESCO literacy meetings this year, but I just came across news of it (and it just...
The UN Girls' Education Initiative site mentions two upcoming events of possible interest: "Among key UNESCO events to advance Education for All (EFA) are two ...
This relatively new site created by Tim Newlin called TIMTIM.com offers over 2000 FREE cartoon drawings plus a printable "2008 calendar" that uses 12 different...
Thanks, Dave, this is an important item to list here (which it hadn't been before). The group homepage has a search feature that lets you find material in the...
I'm new to this group so forgive me if this has already been posted. In 2007 UNESCO published "Promoting Literacy in Multilingual Settings" by Kimmo Kosonen,...
I came across an article mentioning high illiteracy rates in the Arab world - higher than I realized - but a quick news search yielded three more disturbing...
Time flies and we're already beginning the sixth year of the U.N. Literacy Decade! As far as the purpose of this group goes, I hope it has helped serve to...
Happy New Year 2008, which is the "International Year of Languages"! * Whatever else might be accomplished during IYL, one modest proposal I would like to put...
Whatever else does or does not happen with International Year of Langauges 2008, it would be a success if it could achieve even this one result: That children...
Greetings and Happy New Year to all, The year 2008 has been proclaimed International Year of Languages by the United Nations General Assembly. UNESCO, which...
I've just learned that the deadline for nominations has been extended to 21 December 2007. Don ... deadline of Dec. 15. ... Linguapax awards 2008 is open....
<<English-Kirundi, Kirundi-English, and Kinyarwanda-English dictionaries are now available for teachers working with Burundian refugees. The dictionariescan be...
FYI, the call for nominations for the Linguapax Award 2008. Note the deadline of Dec. 15. ... We are pleased to inform you that the call for candidates to the...
Hi Troy - Very belated thanks for this. I added the URL for the Multilingual Education article to the links section on this group's homepage. I think that...
This is already old news but may be of interest - a survey by the European Commission on multilingualism (it closed on 15 Nov.). Commission launch consultation...
The following item from the South African paper, Mail & Guardian, was seen via a Google alert. Don "An ABC plan to reach XYZ" Mail & Guardian Online ...
Is there any research to indicate that literacy in multiple scripts has cognitive advantages analogous to those research tells us that bilingualism or...
Hello Don, A while back I posted a message regarding an "MLE" entry on Wikipedia. I haven't seen much activity on that article, but in the hope that some here...
***** CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ***** * In memory of Professor Efurosibina Emmanuel Adegbija, Professor of English Linguistics (1952 - 2005) * The editors of...
FYI (fwd from lgpolicy-list) The Foundation for Endangered Languages held its tenth conference in Mysore, India in October 2006, in collaboration with the...
FYI, this literacy conference is underway now. ... FYI, a conference on literacy in Bamako, 10-12 Sept. Note mentions of national languages and ICT. (From APPA...
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Dear Don, As this email account will cease to exist shortly, I'd be grateful if you could replace this with my alternative email address so that I can keep...
FYI (fwd from lgpolicy-list)... The BBC weekly radio programme *Word of Mouth* is a 30-minute slot on language in the widest sense - going from basic...
FYI - I thought that this topic and the way it is framed is interesting. Reversing the hierarchy as it were. (Fwd from lgpolicy-list) Sociolinguistic Studies ...
This is an excellent idea. (Fwd fromn the lgpolicy-list) Don http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/08/2007082101j.htm ________________________________________ ...
FYI (fwd from the Maaya list)... DZO ... The focus of SIL International's 2006 Report is on Multilingual Education. You can download the report in English,...
The following article from The Australian was seen on the ILAT list... Don Polyglot babies 'more tolerant' Leigh Dayton, Science writer | July 18, 2007 ...
