9/26/2018

She's Saving African Languages!

With all the emphasis on learning languages this year, there's a family of languages that seems to get less spotlight: African languages. In fact, I was reading that there are several languages that are endangered and vulnerable to extinction to varying degrees.

Enter Udochi Okeke, a software developer who works on projects that encourage the use of the Igbo language in industries that traditionally use English for communication such as science, technology and business. Read more to find out how she does her part to encourage Africans to use and do business in their native languages.

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9/15/2018

Spanish Changed Her Life!

There are few things in life that are life changing. Many people would never think that learning a language could be life changing. In fact, learning a language can indeed change the course of your life. Opportunities that you normally wouldn’t know about seem to come knocking at your door. You even develop highly coveted leadership skills, such as the ability to communicate interculturally. What’s it like to have your life enriched by a language? Read on to find out how Spanish changed this Princeton University doctoral student’s life, and what helped her reach fluency. 

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