More than 40% of Languages are at Risk of Fading Away Completely

In the News

Thousands of languages are considered endangered. Preservation requires documenting vocabulary and teaching new speakers before it's too late.

Une vague de musiciens s’empare de l’occitan ou du breton pour moderniser les traditions régionales.

Dual-Language Program

It is tempting to think of dual-language programs as a creation of the recent past, but the promise of bilingualism, biliteracy, and biculturalism that is central to today’s dual-language programs greatly resembles what early Puerto Rican activists and educators in the 1960s hoped for when campaigning for the first bilingual programs. 

Book Highlight

Immigrant Dreams is a memoir—the story of one immigrant's journey in 1950 from postwar Germany to the United States. Born in 1936 under Hitler's regime, Barbara's earliest years are shaped by WWII and its atrocities. Five postwar years later, she immigrates to the USA as a teenager where her American dream begins…

El regalo de las lenguas explora las abundantes ventajas de la educación multilingüe y prepara el escenario para un nuevo paradigma en la manera en que abordamos la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de los idiomas.

Podcast Révolution bilingue

‎Christine Hélot, une des meilleures spécialistes françaises de l'éducation bilingue, revient sur la situation de l'éducation bilingue en France, la place de l'anglais, de l'arabe et des langues régionales. Pour elle, les enfants sont "en devenir bilingue" et il faut encourager toutes les formes de bilinguisme.

Frantastique, the daily French workout. Personalized online frenchlessons: all levels, all users. Free test.