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  • Tutoring project in Berlin helps Arab-speaking youth keep up with school

    February 12, 2020 |

    InfoMigrants |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Back On Track Syria is a tutoring initiative in Berlin helping Arabic-speaking students keep up with school subjects by offering help in their native language. The students in the program are often refugees and migrants integrating into a new country and a new educational system and language, often times after not being in school for months or years. The lessons range from small groups to individualized instruction in subjects like math, physics, reading, German, and even English.

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  • The fight to save CHamoru, a language the US military tried to destroy

    February 12, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Guam

    CHamoru, the indigenous language of the Mariana Islands, is endangered. In an urgent move to save the language, Chief Hurao Academy was founded, a nonprofit that offers a CHamoru summer immersion program, an after-school immersion program, and a CHamoru-language preschool. There are barriers to its success, particularly funding, but the response has been overwhelming and already the children can chat casually in CHamoru.

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  • Lebanon's refugees use technology to fight food insecurity

    February 02, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    Training refugees in digital skills provides them with a path toward self sufficiency. A pilot program developed with the UN World Food Program and the American University in Beirut offers computer literacy and English courses to Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. The approach aims to reduce reliance on food relief and empower individuals to find employment with new skills.

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  • In one revolutionary language, a community taps the power of touch

    January 15, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    American sign language has long been used to help populations to communicate with one another, but it does not serve the DeafBlind community very well because it is meant to be seen. To address this shortcoming, a group of DeafBlind people created a new way to communicate known as Protactile, or PT, which offers a greater sense of surroundings, connection, and engagement.

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  • School network takes turbocharged approach to education for refugee students

    December 23, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Fugees Academy, with schools in Ohio and Georgia, offers specialized and trauma-informed instruction for refugee students. The school aims to get students up to speed with accelerated English instruction.

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  • Translators help Korean American voters in Harris County find their electoral voice

    November 26, 2019 |

    The Texas Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Even in multicultural and diverse Harris County, Texas, with a population greater than 26 states and over 145 languages spoken, some groups, like Korean Americans, are marginalized when it comes to voting and civic participation due to language and other cultural barriers. Houston resident is fighting this marginalization by organizing Korean American Early Voting Day, which provides Korean-speaking Texans with translated voter guides and other translation services.

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  • What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

    November 19, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Food studies in Portuguese. History in German. To address declining enrollment in second-language courses and "combat the notion that language learning belongs only in language classes," more U.S. colleges are offering language-specific sections for classes traditionally taught in English.

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  • Welcome to Spanish Week: The promise of dual language education

    October 10, 2019 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    A school district in New Mexico is finding success with a dual language education program. A regular school day for an elementary school student in a Gadsen school district school might entail reviewing their math or history in Spanish or English, depending on the assigned language that week. “Our bilingual programs are not just for English learners, they’re for all of our students," Mayra Valtierrez, the director of language and culture at the New Mexico Public Education Department, said. "That’s something that’s unique to our state."

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  • Spread the word: the Iraqis translating the internet into Arabic

    October 08, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Iraq, Mosul

    Disseminating knowledge means making websites, articles, and books available in more languages beyond English. A partnership between students at the University of Mosul and the nonprofit, Ideas Beyond Borders (IBB), is working to make more content available to Arabic speakers. IBB partners with several universities across Iraq and since launching in 2017 has expanded from translating Wikipedia articles to books and now includes languages such as Farsi and Kurdish.

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  • 'Talk With Me Baby': Alabama launches initiative to decrease language deficit among young children

    October 04, 2019 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    Kids in high-income families hear about 2,000 words every hour, whereas kids in low-income families hear about 600 in the same amount of time. Alabama is rolling out a program to close the language acquisition gap for students under the age of 4.

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