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China jails Tibetan language promoter for 'inciting separatism'

Reuters
Posted at May 22 11:40 PM

BEIJING - China jailed a Tibetan businessman for five years on Tuesday for "inciting separatism", his lawyer said, after he advocated the use of Tibetan in schools and was featured in international media reports. Read more »

313 JPEPA nurses, caregivers pass language training

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 10:08 AM

"The characteristics of Filipinos they are very friendly and they do their job well. But the big problem is the Japanese language."  Read more »

TESDA, naghahanap ng 75 language trainer na bihasa sa mga banyagang wika

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 07:20 PM

Nangangailangan ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ng 75 katao na maaaring magturo ng foreign language sa mga Pinoy. Read more »

Japanese English school to launch Japanese course in Philippines

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 09 03:30 PM

The Osaka-based firm and the University of Perpetual Help plan to provide a half-year e-learning program, including a weekly supplementary lecture, for 35,000 pesos ($670), targeting employees of Japanese affiliates and those planning to study and work in Japan, the company said. Read more »

Silence on Duterte's foul words allows disinformation: ex-DepEd chief

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 11:33 AM

MANILA - Staying silent about President Rodrigo Duterte's foul language has also allowed disinformation to proliferate, a former Department of Education secretary said Tuesday. Read more »

Love language: Paano naipapahayag ang pagmamahal?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 05:11 PM

Mahalaga na naipapahayag sa pamamagitan ng mga salita at kilos ang pagmamahal sa isang tao dahil pinagtitibay nito ang isang pagsasama, ayon sa isang psychiatrist. Read more »

US senator pushes for Tagalog emergency alert system

Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Feb 09 06:37 PM

LAS VEGAS — The erroneous emergency alert announcement that shook the state of Hawaii in January sparked panic and fear when it warned a ballistic missile will strike soon. Read more »

Pilipinas, napag-iwanan na sa paggamit ng wikang Ingles

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 01:53 AM

Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala ang ilang eksperto na tila napapag-iwanan na ng ibang bansa ang mga Pilipino sa galing sa pag-i-Ingles. Read more »

Kolehiyong pagmamay-ari ng isang Pinay, patok sa UK

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 01:43 AM

Kung nahuhuli ang Pilipinas sa ibang bansa sa Asya sa paggamit ng wikang Ingles, pinatunayan ng isang Pinay na in-demand at pinagkakatiwalaan pa rin ang mga Pinoy sa pagtuturo ng wikang Ingles sa United Kingdom. Read more »

Duterte tells Cabinet members: Learn Visayan language

Ara Casas, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 12:53 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte told his Cabinet members to learn the Visayan language and to speak in the vernacular. Read more »

OPINION: Dungug Kinaray-a

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jan 10 03:38 AM

Whenever I tell people that I’m from Antique, the next question I usually get is  “Where is that?” Read more »

Iran bans English in primary schools after leader's warning

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 05:00 PM

DUBAI - Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official said, after the country's Supreme Leader said early learning of the language opened the way to a Western "cultural invasion". Read more »

TESDA may 5,000 scholarship sa mga nais matuto ng ibang wika

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 10:05 PM

Hanggang 5,000 scholarship sa mga manggagawang gustong matutong magsulat at magsalita ng ibang wika ang iaalok ng TESDA. Read more »

Mormon missionaries learn Tagalog to prepare for service in PH

Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Nov 11 05:21 PM

PROVO, Utah - How long does it take to learn a foreign language?   Read more »

Why many Filipino applicants for nurse jobs in UK find IELTS exam hard

Rose Eclarinal, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 06:51 PM

Filipino nurses in the UK are known for their excellent clinical skills and very high standard of spoken and written English. So when a recent news came out about nurses recruited for a hospital failing the language test, many Pinoys were baffled. Read more »

New Google earbuds offer real-time translation feature

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 05 08:27 AM

Google on Wednesday introduced new Pixel ear buds that the company says are capable of real-time translation of conversations in different languages. Read more »

Epic quest to document 'miracle' of Hebrew language

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 15 10:36 AM

Gabriel Birnbaum, 66, is a senior researcher helping document and define every Hebrew word ever -- from ancient texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls to the contemporary novels of Israeli literary figures like Amos Oz.   Read more »

Meet the new last word in English: zyzzyva

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 28 06:58 AM

Eating a tasty meal with chana dal or doenjang washed down with a gin daisy could well foster a nice feeling of hygge. Just hope you don't find any zyzzyva on your plate. Read more »

Annyeong haseyo! DepEd to introduce Korean subject in public high schools

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 01:40 PM

High school students enrolled in public schools will soon be taught how to speak Korean, the Department of Education said Friday after it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean embassy in Manila.  Read more »

Japanese classes attract high school students in the Philippines

Ronron Calunsod, Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 15 11:59 PM

Schoolmates Beatrize Chee and Gio Franza from the financial district of Makati are both self-confessed Japanese anime fans. Read more »