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UK students are abandoning language learning, so we're looking for a more creative approach

There is a storm brewing for modern language education in the UK. The uptake in higher education has more than halved in the past 15 years. And in the same period, ten modern language university departments have closed, while a further nine have been significantly downsized.

The Conversation

Bing Chat adds the best of ChatGPT and more in major feature announcement

Microsoft just announced multiple major new features for Bing Chat. The AI-powered chatbot will soon support chat history, visual answers, and improved summarization of longer documents.

Windows Central

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind moves Supreme Court to stop release of The Kerala Story

The Jamiat petition said the organisation had directly approached the Supreme Court as the movie was scheduled for release in four languages — Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu — and would have an adverse impact across the country

The Hindu

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Regional languages should be used in courts in every State: Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju was talking at the event of distribution of units for 384 Bar Associations, “E-Filing and Facility Centre”

The Hindu

Māori punk band’s tour of Wales puts spotlight on indigenous languages

New Zealand group Half/Time to perform alongside artists who sing in Cymraeg as part of musical cultural exchange

The Guardian - UK

Details revealed about King Charles III's coronation service

The coronation service for King Charles III will be one of many faiths and many languages

The Independent UK

Coronation congregation will hear a first – Celtic languages

Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic will be spoken during ceremony for Charles.

The Independent UK

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Children take part in 'mini Eurovision' and sing Ukrainian lullaby

Students recreated the atmosphere of Eurovision

Liverpool Echo

First Nations students are engaged in primary school but face racism and limited opportunities to learn Indigenous languages

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ school experiences are often inaccurately described through what researchers call “deficit perspectives”. This means their experiences are spoken about by others in ways that aren’t representative of lived experience.

The Conversation

After months of struggle, Korean language access advocates find their voice at a legislative hearing

In a key step on their quest to make state services more easily available to non-English speakers, advocates from Houston’s Woori Juntos community group testified before a panel of lawmakers.

The Texas Tribune

Latest Windows 11 Insider build expands live captions to support five more languages

Microsoft rolled out a pair of builds to Insiders in the Beta Channel this week. The update adds support for five additional languages for live captions.

Windows Central

As the legislative clock ticks, Houston language advocates angle for a committee hearing

The window is closing for Woori Juntos in its pursuit of legislation to improve language access to state health programs.

The Texas Tribune

Research on 2,400 languages shows nearly half the world's language diversity is at risk

There are more than 7,000 languages in the world, and their grammar can vary a lot. Linguists are interested in these differences because of what they tell us about our history, our cognitive abilities and what it means to be human.

The Conversation

International Booker prize reveals ‘very cool and very sexy’ shortlist

Two of the six books are translated from languages that have never featured before in the prize

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Bristol Post

Amazing map reveals the 60-plus languages spoken throughout Bristol

Maps from the Office for National Statistics chart the main spoken language by Bristol residents in the home

Dynamite News

CAPF constable recruitment exams now in 13 regional languages and in Hindi, English

The MHA on Saturday announced to conduct constable examination for CAPF in 13 regional languages in addition to Hindi and English. Read further on Dynamite News:

LiveScience

What coding language should I learn?

There are many different coding languages to choose from. Find out which language is best for you.

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Chinese investors call for mandatory translation of property rules, as fallout at one of Australia's largest apartment buildings continues

Chinese investors call for mandatory translation of property regulations and proxy vote forms, amid ongoing disputes at the Aurora apartment complex.

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The National (Scotland)

Emma Grae: Why we shouldn’t have a Scots leids minister

THE new First Minister Humza Yousaf has promised to make culture a priority, and this will hopefully manifest in Scotland’s indigenous languages…

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Family of tourists who drowned at Cairns swimming hole call for more safety warnings

Relatives and friends who watched on as the pair drowned at a popular Cairns swimming site want to see more warnings and signage for tourists.

The Guardian - UK

‘One of the most important works of our time’ – inside Innocence, Kaija Saariaho’s school-shooting opera

Sung in nine languages, with music by one of the world’s most acclaimed composers, Innocence comes to the UK this month. The team behind it reveal how it drew on everything from The Last Supper to Finnish cowherding music

Irish Mirror

American language learner Arieh Smith leaves Dubliners stunned by speaking Irish and said some thought he was Portuguese

Exclusive: Arieh Smith practised for about three weeks before travelling here and found many he interacted with could say way more than they first thought

Daily Record

Scottish Lib Dems back call for Humza Yousaf to appoint Scottish languages minister

Lib Dems education spokesperson Willie Rennie has said the Scottish Government should appoint a Scottish languages minister.

Los Angeles Times

A ‘game changer’ for immigrants: Job-ready college classes in their native language

LOS ANGELES — When a friend asked Andrea White Rubio if she was interested in caring for an 84-year-old man with early dementia and diabetes during the pandemic, she considered her job options. She had scrambled for months, working as a fruit vendor or going door to door selling shoes…

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Activist groups call on FM to create ministerial role for Scottish languages

A PETITION calling for the appointment of a Minister for Scottish Languages to help protect Scotland’s unique linguistic heritage has been…

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