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September 8, 2015
Private Schools Must Stop Snubbing Language Learning Policy
analysis By Judith Nakayiza, Makerere University and Medadi Ssentanda Private schools are becoming ubiquitous across Africa. Research has shown that their growth, although it has positive effects, is also problematic because many private schools are being set up without proper [...]
> Read moreSeptember 7, 2015
Norway Rides With ‘The Wave’ For Foreign-Language Oscar Race
Norway has selected Roar Uthaug’s disaster movie “The Wave” to represent the Nordic country in the the foreign-language Oscar race. An epic tale based on the 1934 Tsunami which killed 40 people in Norway’s Tafjord, “The Wave” takes place in [...]
> Read moreSeptember 6, 2015
More funding for learning of mother tongue languages in Singapore
MOE has raised the funding commitment for the mother tongue language learning and promotion committees.PHOTO: ST FILE SINGAPORE – Three committees that aim to encourage the learning and use of Chinese, Malay and Tamil here will get a 50 per [...]
> Read moreSeptember 5, 2015
Oscars: Paraguay Selects ‘El Tiempo Nublado’ for Foreign-Language Category
Arami Ullon’s documentary El tiempo nublado will be Paraguay’s first ever submission for the foreign-language film category at the Academy Awards. The recently-created Paraguay Film Academy also announced on Thursday that the film – a first-person doc about the filmmaker’s [...]
> Read moreSeptember 4, 2015
Oscars: Japan Selects ’100 Yen Love’ for Foreign-Language Category
’100 Yen Love’ Courtesy of Fantasia Film Festival by Gavin J. Blair 9/3/2015 5:27pm PDT Japan’s submission for the foreign-language category at the Oscars is Masaharu Take’s drama about a female boxer, 100 Yen Love, starring Sakura Ando. After winning the [...]
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