From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The principle of linguistic relativity holds that the structure of a language affects the ways in which its speakers conceptualize their world, i.e. their world view, or otherwise influences their cognitive processes. Popularly known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, or Whorfianism, the principle is often defined as having two versions: (i) the strong version...
Source: Language on the move, January 29, 2013 Multiculturalism in Australia: Should it be seen but not heard? (Source: det.wa.edu.au) Australia has embraced multiculturalism as official national policy since the 1970s. Interestingly, the most recent incarnation of the policy, called ‘The People of Australia’ embraces multiculturalism without embracing multilingualism. In this post I...
Lionel Wijesiri, Daily News, 1 Februari 2013 We are surrounded by language during nearly every waking moment of our lives. We use language to communicate our thoughts and feelings, to connect with others and identify with our culture, and to understand the world around us. And for many people, this rich linguistic environment involves not just one language but...
2 mars 2013, Giordan Henri (Blog Mediapart) Reposer la question de la politique des langues dans notre pays est important. La campagne présidentielle a été plutôt pauvre en réflexions de qualité sur ce sujet. François Hollande a pris d’abord soin de souligner la valeur de la langue française, puis il a réitéré son engagement, dûment inscrit dans son programme, à faire ratifier...
17 January 2013 | 22:06 | FOCUS News Agency Home / Bulgaria Sofia. Bulgaria is well placed in the EU in multilingualism. That is what Sevdalina Voynova Director at Association for Sofia Development Programs told FOCUS News Agency (source of the article) . “ On January 18 we will present the Linguistic Diversity in the City, which merge two projects - one is called Language rich Europe...
Source: SaudiGazette Last Updated : Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:58 AM Dr. Khalid Al-Seghayer Recently, some local Arabic newspapers reported that some Saudi families had registered strong complaints about a Saudi university’s including inappropriate pictures and the components of Western culture in selected English textbooks. This, again, revives the controversial issue of teaching the...
Historia wymierającego gaelickiego, głównego języka mówionego w Irlandii, wywiera duże wrażenie na odwiedzających ten kraj Polakach. Tymczasem w Polsce ma miejsce podobny fenomen. Podczas gdy Dublin bronił się i walczył o gaelicki, język białoruski bardzo ucierpiał w konsekwencji wojen politycznych nie tylko w Polsce, ale także w swojej ojczystej ziemi. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
De kracht van meer taal magazine over meer taal en meertaligheid op school en thuis / Z. Arslan; S. Goorhuis-Brouwer; M. Verhallen; ... [et al.]. - Utrecht : FORUM, Instituut voor Multiculturele Vraagstukken, 2012 Samenvatting: Uitgebreid magazine waarin allerlei aspecten van taal en meertaligheid op school en thuis aan bod komen: ...
Cafébabel.com, 7.12.11 Nel centocinquantesimo anniversario dell’unità nazionale l’italiano festeggia, pur tra mille ombre, la sua definitiva affermazione: già lingua madre degli abitanti della penisola, nonché - secondo l’ultimo censimento di Ethnologue - di circa 7 milioni di italofoni sparsi principalmente tra Svizzera, Francia, Croazia e Slovenia, l’italiano espande oggi il suo...
Silvina Montrul
ISBN: 978-0-470-65720-1
352 pages
August 2012, Wiley-Blackwell
La lingua può essere un’arma a doppio taglio: è la pietra angolare dell’identità culturale ma può trasformarsi in una barriera per l’integrazione e il corretto apprendimento. Sudafrica, due lingue in classe dal primo giorno Il Sudafrica dell’era post apartheid conta 11 lingue, l’inglese è sempre più diffuso. Gli esami si fanno in inglese o afrikaans, quindi è ...
31 octobre 2012
« Malgré la colonisation, ses avatars, ratages politiques, la langue française fait partie de la culture des Maghrébins, tout comme celle-ci, la culture maghrébine, fait partie de la culture française», affirme Nabile Farès, écrivain, psychanalyste, qui questionne: n'est-il pas temps que la langue française soit reconnue en Algérie, et ailleurs ? >>>>>>>>>>>>Si vous appréciez l'OEP, pensez à y adhérer ou à vous abonner à la Lettre d'information