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Taiwan transitions and tribal tongues: From the language of reconciliation to the revitalisation of language?

  • Dr Brett Todd,

Taiwan’s indigenous languages have suffered under various colonial regimes. Can they be revived?

Pakistan should properly adopt Urdu as its national language to help overcome inequality

  • Dr Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri,

Nations advance materially, economically and scientifically when they educate students in their national language.

Pakistan needs a multilingual education model to protect minority language groups

  • Ameer Ali and Professor Maya Khemlani David,

English and Urdu are dominant in Pakistan’s education system and other languages have been neglected or marginalised.

Are ‘advanced’ Japanese language programs sustainable? A look at Australia, New Zealand and Singapore

  • Associate Professor Carol Hayes, Associate Professor Ikuko Nakane, Nagisa Fukui, Masanori Nagami, Dr Masayoshi Ogino and Dr Emi Otsuji,

Beyond Demon Slayer and Pokemon what motivates students and how can that knowledge help universities to build the best language programs?

COVID-19 underlines the importance of learning languages via emerging technologies

  • Dr Grace Yue Qi,

Language educators need to seriously take new technologies into account.

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