This week in the new of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization has several interesting links. One link that I really interested in was an article on The Right to Education. It explains that all human have the right to education and to get out of poverty is by having an education. Yet millions are still are in poverty because they lack education. Millions have not realized that to come up out of poverty help them emotionally and socially.
Another link was about Speaking your mother's tongue is not a disability. This is an interview with Dr. Colette Grinevald. Dr. Grinevald spoke in the interview about the mother language day. All the languages mothers need to send out a message to speak their own language. She identifies that more than 6000 language and only 200 are taught. A method called research action to help detect those languages that are not taught. She also states that it would help to have bilingual education because it would support the mother language on an "eradicate" altogether.
Reference:
Colete Grinevald: "Speaking your mother tongue is not a tongue is a disability" Retreieved from http://www.unesco.org/new/en/educationthemes/leadking-the-internatioal-agenda-right-to-education-single-view/colette_grinevald_special.
Enjoyed your findings. It was neat to read about the mother tongue (I've never heard that phrase). I learned that half of the 6000 languages spoken today will disappear if nothing is done to keep these languages active. It's crazy to think languages can become extinct!
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