Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Language from September 2009

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Stories about Language from September, 2009

28 September 2009

Japan: Lessons in Communication from the Hatoyama Essay

When an online Op-Ed piece by current Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama appeared in the New York Times just days before the Lower House elections last month, national reaction ranged from...

24 September 2009

Morocco: Teaching Tamazight

Written by Jillian C. York · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

23 September 2009

Bangladesh: The Importance Of Learning A Foreign Language

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

China: Crowd sourced translation and the issue of copyright

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

21 September 2009

Laos: Monk Chat Blog

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

19 September 2009

India: Bangla Blogs

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

18 September 2009

Dominican Republic: three poets

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Quick Reads · Latin America

14 September 2009

Suriname: a word for freedom

Written by Nicholas Laughlin · Quick Reads · Caribbean

10 September 2009

9 September 2009

Jamaica, Barbados: Sandiford Speaks

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

Belarus: Google Translations

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Maldives: Arabization Of Dhivehi Language

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

8 September 2009

Bahamas: International Literacy Day

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

7 September 2009

Palestine: A Change Of Language

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Myanmar: “I'm your doll” phrase

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

6 September 2009

Translator of the week: Boukary Konaté in Mali

Written by Claire Ulrich · Sub-Saharan Africa

Boukary Konaté teaches French and English in a high school in Mali. Joining Global Voices in French has steered him onto a new path: he is now involved in Web...

4 September 2009

Morocco: Teaching “Berber” in Schools

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

A BBC News piece on the teaching of "Berber" languages in Morocco has got the blogoma talking. The article, which outlines the educational options for learning and studying the language,...