20 mai 2010 à 08h14
Hier à Rennes, douze lauréats ont été primés dans le cadre des 9e prix régionaux de l’avenir du Breton. Décernées par l’Office de la langue bretonne, ces distinctions récompensent des associations, des entreprises, des collectivités et des particuliers qui oeuvrent au développement de la langue bretonne.
Associations: Bagad Landerne (29), Printemps de Châteauneuf (29), C’hoarivari (56), Skoazell (35).
Entreprises: Ty Forn Nevez (29), Sem Tram (29), Produit en Bretagne (29).
Collectivités: chambre d’agriculture du Finistère, mairies de Plescop et de Plouha (22), Centre de gestion du Finistère (CDG 29).
Particuliers: Yves-Marie Derbré de Ploudalmézeau (29), Arno Elgoet de Quimper (29), Karine Bardy de Plouzané (29).
Source: http://www.letelegramme.com/ig/generales/regions/morbihan/langue-bretonne-douze-prix-regionaux-decernes-20-05-2010-922083.php
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TNN, Apr 22, 2010, 01.49am IST
KOLKATA: The Bengali New Year couldn’t have started on a sweeter note. If a message circulating on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook is to be believed, Bengali has been voted the sweetest language in the world.
Conducted by Unesco, the vote ranks Spanish and Dutch as the second and third sweetest tongues respectively. Even though Twitter and Facebook users have started celebrating, there was yet no official confirmation from Unesco which conducted the online voting a couple of months back.
Messages and postings like “Joy Bangla”, “Proud to be a Bengali” and “Banglar Joy” have flooded social networking sites. Celebratory messages are being exchanged, though some felt it could be premature. Rahul Ray, who came across the news on Twitter four days ago, was ecstatic. “If so many people are talking about it, this has to be true. There can’t be any doubt that Bengali is a sweet language. Now, it has been accepted that it is indeed the sweetest,” said Ray.
According to twitter messages, the formal announcement could come on Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary in May. “There is no doubt that Bengali is a sweet language,” said author Dibyendu Palit.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sweetest-language-tag-for-Bengali/articleshow/5842055.cms
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MANILA, April 11 (NNN-PNA) –President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be presented the “Premio Internacional Don Quixote de la Mancha,” Spain’s most prestigious international awards for language promotion from Spanish King Juan Carlos I in ceremonies at the royal residence in Madrid on April 15, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said today.
President Arroyo is the recipient of the award in the institutional category, while Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who writes in Spanish, is the awardee in the individual category.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said that “the President’s personal acceptance of the prestigious Premio would give great honor to the President and the Philippines resulting from her initiative to reintroduce the Spanish language in the country.
Romulo himself is also at home in Spanish and earned his law degree in Spain.
Spanish ambassador to Manila Luis Arias said President Arroyo’s speech of acceptance, to be delivered at the Palacio de la Zarzuela, the principal residence of the Spanish monarch, will be in Spanish.
The awards are for 2009, which was announced by the ‘Premio’ jury as early as June last year.
In 2008, the awardees were Brazilian President Lula Inacio da Silva and Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.
Arroyo was recognized for her “initiative in introducing the Spanish language in national study plans, which amplify areas for political, institutional and economic cooperation in developing the Spanish language,” the DFA said.
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Chennai, Apr 3 (PTI) Finnish Indologist Asko Parpola, Professor Emeritus of Indology and South Asian Studies in Helsinki University, has been selected for the Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Language Award for 2009.
The award has been instituted by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil Language from Rs one crore donated by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to create an endowment to award Tamil scholars.
The prize would carry a purse of Rs 10 lakh, a citation and a shield and would be presented to Parpola at the Classical World Tamil Conference in Coimbatore in June, an official statement said today.
Parpola specialises in the Indus script and has made significant contributions in the field of deciphering it.
Source: http://www.ptinews.com/news/594344_Tamil-Language-Award-for-Finnish-Indologist
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Friday, July 24, 2009, 07:00
A TEACHER in Plymouth has been selected as one of four finalists in the Scholastic/La Jolie Ronde Primary Language Teacher Awards 2009.
Helen Berry, of Salisbury Road Primary School in St Judes, will attend a ceremony at the Houses of Parliament in November when the winner will be announced.
Ms Berry has made it down to the final four due to her sterling work promoting languages to the young children at Salisbury Road.
She has lived and worked in Plymouth all her life and did her teaching degree at Marjon in Derriford.
Now in her third year of teaching at Salisbury Road, she has ‘ensured that languages are an integral part of the curriculum from Foundation to Year 6′, according to competition organisers.
They say she has developed links with seven schools worldwide, runs Spanish clubs, has introduced Mandarin lessons and organises language-themed activities ‘for the whole school to enjoy’.
The person who nominated her said she deserved to win for her ability to ‘inspire and motivate all the pupils she has contact with and because she is organised, approachable, hard-working and a great ambassador for primary modern languages’.
Ms Berry organised two language- themed events for pupils at the school at the end of term.
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Imphal, July 22
State government has adopted a policy for the development of Manipuri language and literature including its own scripts and for the development of tribal dialects, said the state education minister, L Jayentakumar Singh in the House of the Manipur Assembly Wednesday.
Giving reply to a question raised by the opposition member, RK Anand of MPP, the minister said government has adopted the policy to promote, develop and protect Manipuri language and its scripts along with the development of the major tribal dialects of the scheduled tribes of the state.
Government is targeting to introduce teaching of indigenous Meetei Mayek in Manipuri language and all other subjects in Manipuri medium from Class-VI to VIII from the academic session 2010, the education minister said adding that Meetei Mayek has already introduced in the study of Manipuri language from Class I to V starting from the academic session 2006.
He further said that the government has instituted a special award of Rs 1 lakh under the named “State Award for Literature which would be given every year to outstanding writer in Manipuri language as per the language development policy.
Source: http://www.hueiyenlanpao.com/fullstory.php?newsid=3979
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By Jessie-Lynne Kerr. Story updated at 6:57 AM on Monday, Jul. 6, 2009
Cathy Soud fell in love with the Spanish language when she was a student at Episcopal High School of Jacksonville more than three decades ago.
Since 1977 she has shared that love with her students at The Bolles School, with the exception of five years away teaching at Maryville (Tenn.) College.
On Saturday she will be recognized as the nation’s top Spanish teacher on the secondary school level by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. She’ll be honored at the association’s 2009 conference in Albuquerque, N.M.
So how did a tall, green-eyed blonde from a Southern family who had to learn the language at school, not at home, come to love the language?
At Episcopal, one of her favorite teachers was her Spanish teacher, Emily Cristofoli.
“I was good at Spanish and did better in that class than in math,” Soud said. When a person enjoys a subject and does well in it, that can influence a choice in careers, she said.
After graduating from Episcopal, she headed to Vanderbilt University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and graduated magna cum laude in 1975. She remained at Vanderbilt to earn a master of arts in teaching degree in Spanish in 1977.
“Years ago people would ask me why in the world would I want to teach Spanish,” she said.
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