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Priscilla Lewis holds two newly-printed Apache children's books on June 30, 2023. With help from The Language Conservancy, a group focused on preserving endangered Indigenous languages, Lewis recorded ...

Last year, I presented a paper on using technology in my Arabic class at the Ohio Foreign Language Association summer conference. At the end of my session, a Spanish language teacher opened the ...

A few days ago, I watched a video of myself talking in perfect Chinese. I’ve been studying the language on and off for only a few years, and I’m far from fluent. But there I was, pronouncing each ...

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Navajo is now the official language of the Navajo Nation, placing an obligation on the tribal government to preserve and strengthen the language. Legislation was approved by the Navajo Nation Council ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Native Camp, Inc., the provider of a language-learning platform called "Native Camp," has introduced "Native Camp Japanese," a service providing unlimited Japanese lessons. In ...