What does “Romance language” mean? Linguists often use the term “Romance language” to describe a group of languages such as Spanish, French, and Italian, but what does it really mean? Are they more romantic than English? You will find the answer in this Duolingo’s blog …
Language and Culture Mentorship Program: Shiko Munakata’s Exhibition at the Japan Society Nhia (LaGuardia alumna in Japanese Option) and Jin (LaGuardia student in Japanese Option) visited an exhibition by Shikō Munakata at the Japan Society (https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/exhibitions/shiko-munakata-way-of-seeing) in December 2021. two weeks ago i went to the “shiko munakata: a way …
Memrise’s annual report on language learning in 2021 Memrise, an online language learning app, summarizes their observation about language learning across the world in 2021. Quote: “Squid Game and the K-wave’s effect on language learning, Japanese, Yoruba and Finnish surge in popularity and … people are studying later …
How to say “Merry Christmas” in different languages This blog post by Mondly, an online language learning app, shows how to say “Merry Christmas” in different languages. Here is the list. Spanish: ¡Feliz Navidad! French: Joyeux Noël! German: Frohe Weihnachten! Italian: Buon Natale! Portuguese: Feliz Natal! Romanian: Crăciun …
Duolingo’s Language Report 2021 Duolingo, the largest and fastest growing online language learning platform, has published its annual language learning report for 2021. Here is the summary of the report. In 2021, Asian languages—especially Japanese and Korean—attracted learners worldwide, building on the impressive growth …
Infograph of most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. (besides English & Spanish) This infograph of most commonly spoken languages in the U.S. (besides English & Spanish) shows very rich linguistic diversity of the United States. “There are over 7,000 different languages spoken around the world. While most of the U.S. population speaks …
NYC’s new language access initiative “Language Access for All” New York City has announced “Language Access for All,” a new $4 million initiative to improve outreach and communication with multilingual families who need language access support. “The program will focus on multi-lingual “know your rights” campaigns, expanding communications outlets …
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for 2023 (deadline on 11/27/2022) The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) is a prestigious national study abroad scholarship, which covers all the cost for a summer study abroad in 2023 to selected countries (including Japan). The program requires some level knowledge of language that you are …
LaGuardia Community College Alumni Voice: Omotola Oluwaniyi (International Studies Option) Omotola Oluwaniyi is an alumna of LaGuardia Community College (International Studies Option). In addition to her International Studies requirements, she has taken various language courses at LaGuardia and has developed her multilingual skills in English, Yoruba, Japanese, and Korean. Omotola …
LaGuardia Community College Alumni Voice: Abdallah Alasallal (Japanese Option) Abdallah Alasallal, also known with his Japanese name 武士 (Takeshi), started learning Japanese at LaGuardia Community College in Spring 2013. Abdallah graduated in the Japaense Option in 2015. Abdallah moved to Queens College to obtain his Bachelor’s degree and then …