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Half of women put off by macho language in job adverts

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 13 09:40 AM

Biased language in some job adverts in Britain deters as many as one in two women from applying, a study said on Wednesday, amid a push to attract more women to male-dominated sectors. Read more »

PH drops 7 spots in English proficiency index

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 03:24 PM

The Philippines’ English proficiency remained “high” even as it posted a lower ranking on a global index testing such skill. Read more »

Decade-long Oracle-Google copyright case heads to top US court

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 12:32 PM

A decade-old legal battle between Silicon Valley giants Oracle and Google over software rights moves to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case with enormous implications for copyright in the digital era. Read more »

Viral 4-year-old sign language tutor greets everyone on International Day of Sign Languages

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 07:19 PM

Four-year-old Prince Joben Sumili celebrated the International Day of Sign Languages through a video message uploaded by her mother, Joy Sumili. Read more »

WATCH: In viral video, 4-year-old teaches alphabet, counting in sign language

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 12:15 PM

Four year old, Prince Joben Sumili made a vlog teaching the sign language of the alphabet and counting from 1 to 20 in a video uploaded by her mother on Facebook. Read more »

Susi ba ang paggamit ng 'x' para maging gender sensitive, neutral ang wikang Filipino?

Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 08:11 PM

Kinakailangan ng pananaliksik hinggil sa pagiging gender-sensitive ng wikang Filipino, ayon sa dating direktor ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino ng University of the Philippines na si Galileo Zafra, matapos umusbong ang mga salitang Filipinx, Pinxy at iba pa sa mga diksunaryo. Read more »

The new word for ‘Filipino’ has just been included in a dictionary—and many are not happy

RHIA D. GRANA
Updated as of Sep 08 06:58 AM

How did this word come about? Here’s a little back story Read more »

Mga salitang 'Filipinx,' 'Pinxy' kinilala ng online dictionary

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 06:20 PM

Opisyal na kinilala kamakailan ng isang online dictionary ang "Filipinx" at "Pinxy," na ginagamit pantawag sa mga ipinanganak sa Pilipinas, ano man ang kasarian. Read more »

Curbs on Mongolian language teaching prompt large protests in China

Amy Qin, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 01 01:54 AM

Thousands of ethnic Mongolians in northern China have gathered outside schools to protest a new policy that would reduce the teaching of their language in favor of Chinese, according to rights groups, a rare display of mass discontent in the border region.   Read more »

Marking PH ‘Buwan ng Wika,' Swiss Embassy features Filipino-speaking writer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 02:44 PM

The Embassy of Switzerland in the Philippines joined its host country in celebrating “Buwan ng Wika” by featuring a Swiss who is fluent in the language. Read more »

TikTok pulls 380,000 videos in US for hate content

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 09:10 AM

TikTok on Thursday said it has removed more than 380,000 videos in the US this year as part of a part of a mission to "eliminate hate" on the platform. Read more »

Korean Cultural Center offers free online language classes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 11:39 AM

The Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines said Wednesday it was offering free online Korean language classes.  Read more »

JPMorgan drops terms 'master,' 'slave' from internal tech code and materials

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 03 01:58 PM

JPMorgan Chase & Co is eliminating terms like "blacklist," "master" and "slave" from its internal technology materials and code as it seeks to address racism within the company, said two sources with knowledge of the move.  Read more »

Lapid wants public announcements translated to Filipino, other Philippine languages

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 27 10:48 AM

Sen. Lito Lapid on Friday renewed his push to have all public announcements translated to Tagalog or other dialects depending on the place where the notice was given. Read more »

Starbucks to open 1st sign language store in Japan

Kyodo News
Posted at Jun 24 07:53 PM

The new outlet will be the fifth "signing store" globally run by the US coffee chain Starbucks Corp., as it is stepping up efforts to create stores with focus on diversity and inclusion. Read more »

WATCH: College of St. Benilde holds first online lesson in Filipino sign language

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 31 12:27 AM

The session was taught on Facebook Live, courtesy of Benilde’s School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies. Read more »

Benilde to offer free online lessons on Filipino sign language

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 08:19 PM

The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde said it would hold a series of online lessons on basic Filipino sign language. Read more »

Want to learn French? Italian? Russian? There’s no time like the present

Stephanie Rosenbloom, The New York Times
Posted at May 11 11:18 AM

It’s a classic travel fantasy: flying to another country to learn a language through a combination of classes and swanning around, ordering meals at sidewalk cafes, shopping at street markets, slipping into darkened theaters. Yet with much of the world under stay-at-home orders, that dream may seem more distant than ever.   Read more »

Interpreters seek awareness after online ‘mockery’ of sign language insets

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 06 02:49 PM

MANILA — An organization of sign language interpreters has asked the public to be more aware of their work and the Deaf community after some netizens questions the use of insets during television newscasts. Read more »

Did you know? Japan Foundation Manila is offering free online learning materials

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 12:37 PM

Make the most out of your time at home by learning a new language -- in this case, Japanese. Read more »