Benjamin Zephaniah: how the poet’s linguistic anarchy and abolitionist politics impacted education – and me: Like so many others who work in education, I was devastated to hear the news of Benjamin Zephaniah’s death. His work has profoundly shaped our understandings of race, language and education – and his work continues to have enormous influence …
Africa’s linguistic diversity goes largely unnoticed in research on multilingualism: The African continent is home to some of the world's most multilingual societies. Roxane 134/Shutterstock Language is a uniquely human skill. That’s why studying how people learn and use language is crucial to understanding what it means to be human. Given that most people in …
Why some people lose their accents but others don’t – linguistic expert: FGC/Shutterstock The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It’s tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that separates communities. Yet we can probably …
Rishi Sunak is more authentic and emotional, and Liz Truss more analytical: a linguistic analysis throws up unexpected results: In a series of hustings across the country, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are talking to Conservative party members about what they plan to do if elected as leader of the party and prime minister of …
‘You can’t even talk English, so don’t talk!’ How linguistic racism impacts immigrants in the UK: From the playground to the workplace, people from immigrant communities in the UK say accent-based racism impacts their daily lives. fizkes | Shutterstock When Holan Liang was 17, she spent her holidays working at her father’s computer parts company. …
Ask or aks? How linguistic prejudice perpetuates inequality: Teacher and artist Sunn M’Cheaux has been posting on social media about “linguicism” after a reader asked him about the word “ax”, saying: “Why did we struggle saying ‘ask’? Like when I was little, I always said ‘ax’. Like I couldn’t say the word correctly.” M’Cheaux’s response …
The genocide of signed languages: protecting the linguistic rights of Africa’s deaf children: Deaf students learning sign language at a special school Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images Deaf rights to language, expression, literacy and education have been marginalised throughout history. And signed languages have taken second place to spoken languages. The 1880 Milan Convention, for …
The rise of COVID ‘snowclones’ – the mother of all linguistic phrases: Snowclones that have become popular during COVID. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen an explosion of new words and phrases in English (for example, covidiot) and other languages Coronaspeck in German to describe lockdown weight gain) that have helped us make sense …
Leveraging Latin American Cultural & Linguistic Diversity for Academic Achievement – a Culture interest event taking place on 2020-09-24 18:00:00 in United States Teachers and educators: discover how to better understand and successfully address the diversity within diversity that students from Latin America bring to your class with ILAS’s K-12 Outreach Program’s 2020 guide. We …
South African cops need linguistic training — urgently: Police officers are expected to take statements without any real training in the process. Roger Sedres/Shutterstock.com/For editorial use only If you have been the victim of a crime, one of the first interactions you’ll have with police is when an officer takes your sworn statement. Language is …
February Leadership Forum–Diversity Differences/Cultural and Linguistic Considerations in Disability Evaluations – a Culture interest event taking place on 2019-02-13 08:30:00 in United States *This is a one (1) day event – Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Audience: Directors/Supervisors of Special Education and Business Managers Presenter: Catherine Crowley, Professor of Practice at Columbia University Description: The leadership forums are …
Lessons from the Reformation could help spur Africa’s linguistic revolution: There's no reason Africa shouldn't be at the centre of global knowledge production. Shutterstock Africa is at a tipping point. Countries across the continent are on the brink of shifting from postcolonial to global knowledge societies. A global knowledge society empowers people by increasing access …