Hear from Thought Leaders globally on the latest topics and trends in language education, culture and technology.
Meg's Emily Hopkins, sits down and chats with Emily Sabo and Juan Freitez to discuss how identity is shaped by the languages we speak and the challenges and benefits of being a bilingual or multilingual speaker in the USA today. ... Read more
NgÄ Mata o te Ariki TÄwhirimÄtea, abbreviated to Matariki, is the MÄori name for a large cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. Rising for up to three days at dawn in the mid-winter months, Matariki marks the start of... Read more
The upcoming Memorial Day holiday, celebrated on May 30th in 2022, may on its surface appear to be a very American holiday - often celebrated at family gatherings and barbecues as the unofficial start of the summer season. However, the holiday is rooted in a... Read more
Dragon Boat Festival is a Chinese festival that is celebrated on the 5th day or the 5th lunar month every year. Because of this the date changes year to year in the Western Calendar. This year it is celebrated on June 3rd. The festival is also... Read more
Eid al-fitr, celebrated in Australia in the first week of May in 2022, marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is usually celebrated with family get-togethers, connection to community, and prayer. It is also a time when people wear new clothes,... Read more
Labour Day (also know as May Day or International Workers Day) is a holiday that is celebrated on May 1st (or the first Monday in September for Canada and the USA) annually by different countries around the word as an acknowledgement of the importance of... Read more
Our Going Global Manager Lottie Dowling interviews Marilyn about what Community Languages are, why education programs for them are important and how Community Languages Education gets addressed across Australia.... Read more
Our Going Global Manager Lottie Dowling interviews Veerle about the neuroscience of learning a language and the benefits of it at different ages.... Read more
Josh Halpern shares with our Going Global Manager Lottie Dowling what he believes are the three core skills that are needed today and in the future to succeed in our increasingly globalised work environments.... Read more
Global Competence is no longer an area of focus for an elite few educators that teach internationally. As we enter 2022 and see how global and local landscapes act and react to the Covid-19 Pandemic, as we see the climate crisis worsen and our young... Read more
