UCLA Language Materials Project

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On-line bibliographic database of teaching and learning materials for 150 less commonly taught languages. http://www.lmp.ucla.edu

The UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP) is an on-line bibliographic database of teaching and learning materials for over 150 Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs). Funded by the US Department of Education's International Education and Research program, the LMP was created in 1992. It is affiliated with the UCLA Center for World Languages. Both groups are members of the UCLA International Institute.

12/21/2015

How Immigration Changes Language The invention of new ways of speaking is one surprising consequence of migration to Europe.

Well-Read Life™: America the Bilingually Beautiful

08/06/2014

Embracing a multi-lingual nation!

Well-Read Life™: America the Bilingually Beautiful Bilingualism in America, and how one ad showed America's stripes

07/31/2014

How Learning a Second Language Teaches Better Communication Skills As communicators, we’re always looking for new ways to improve the way we write, speak and, well, communicate. Maybe we follow writing blogs to find tips or even watch YouTube videos on how to im…

07/28/2014

Cherokee language now available in Braille TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation now has its written language, the Cherokee syllabary, available in Braille.

07/25/2014

Many Indian languages threatened under globalization pressure: Many Indian languages have become threatened and even endangered under the pressure of globalization, the Centre told the Lok Sabha today. In his reply, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Shripad Naik said that under the pressure of

07/24/2014

Yale Linguistics Department helping to save a Northern Goldfields language Tjupan is a language of which there are only six native speakers left in the world. A Perth linguist has enlisted the help of a Yale University student to help preserve it.

07/23/2014

Brain imaging proves second language learners can process language to nativelike levels With enough practice, some learners of a second language can process their new language as well as native speakers, research at the University of Kansas shows.

07/17/2014

Catalan language revival fuels backlash in Spain - World Bulletin Catalan renaissance it is prompting a backlash among some parents concerned their children are getting short-changed on Spanish

07/15/2014

Being Monolingual Is No Longer an Option - NYTimes.com Companies want globally competent employees, including multilanguage competency. By Stacie Berdan.

07/14/2014

Reconstructing prehistoric languages When University of Kentucky student Erica Mattingly enrolled in one of Andrew M. Byrd's linguistics courses, she had no idea she would be rewriting history—or at least re-speaking it.

07/11/2014

Asian Immersion Schools Surge in Popularity to Meet Demand - NBC News Growing up in Palo Alto, California, Mika Tanner remembered her mother’s insistence on speaking to her exclusively in Japanese.“She’d watched so many of her ...