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    It helps to be particular about punctuations

    27 Aug 2020

    According to language experts the Z generation has a problem with punctuation, especially the full stop. The Z generation, Generation Z as they are commonly known,

    Austrian government slammed over ‘ghetto classes’ for migrant children

    18 Jan 2020

    Every morning Abulrahman leaves his normal primary school lessons in Vienna and joins about 20 other children for three hours to learn to read, write and speak German.

    Sign language interpreters lend a helping hand to people of determination at Expo 2020

    05 Jan 2022

    A team of Sign Language interpreters is bringing smiles on the faces of the people of determination at Expo 2020 Dubai.

    1,500 languages could die out by 2100, says new study

    02 Jan 2022

    The research by Australian National University (ANU) found that of the world's 7,000 recognised languages, around half are currently endangered - with 1,500 particularly at risk.

    Ministry recruits 150 teachers to promote Chinese language

    18 Sep 2019

    The Ministry of Education has stressed the importance of adding the Chinese language to the curriculum of the targeted schools, which are teaching Chinese in the current academic year and to add Chinese as a third language to the schools that teach French. The mechanisms of adding the Chinese language will be announced later on.

    Sharjah WBC workshop helps translators hone their skills in translating from Arabic to English and vice versa

    16 Feb 2020

    The Sharjah World Book Capital 2019 (SWBC) Office organised a specialised developmental workshop for 12 mid-career translators selected from seven countries. The course aims to boost translators’ skills in both Arabic and English and comes as part of Sharjah’s continued dedication to promote the translations movement into and out of Arabic.

    Eliminate discrimination and encourage linguistic diversity

    06 Nov 2019

    Speakers at a session at the Sharjah book fair made a telling point: the importance of learning more than one language (“Experts discuss importance of bilingualism,” Nov.6, Gulf Today).

    Full-stop for UK’s Apostrophe Protection Society

    03 Dec 2019

    Former journalist John Richards, 96, started up the society in 2001, aiming to preserve the correct use of what he said was the "much abused punctuation mark."

    'Mr Pan Masala, Hindi was never our national language,' says activists as Ajay Devgn, Sudeep try to end language row

    28 Apr 2022

    Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy slams Bollywood star over stance on Hindi, saying, "India is a garden of many languages. Ajay Devgn has spoken like a mouthpiece of BJP and its Hindi nationalism."

    Not all English is the same

    07 Jul 2022

    Languages are funny things. Even when two or more countries speak the same language, they may sometimes still not be able to understand each other. This can happen in French, Arabic and definitely English. Not only do accents vary from country to country when the same language is being spoken by a native speaker so do words and phrases.

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