Japanese might owe its popularity to the influence of media such as anime and manga that, over the past few years, have become mainstream in the States. Japanese takes the lead as the most coveted ...

New immigrant arrivals to the United States face many challenges and obstacles when navigating their daily lives. For Asian immigrants, these include language and cultural obstacles that impact those ...

Effective communication can be a challenge during and in the aftermath of any disaster, but as the recent wildfires pushed the limits of Los Angeles County, the gap caused by language barriers puts ...

For more than a decade, the Asia Society’s Center for Global Education has been one of the leading facilitators of Chinese language learning in K-12 classrooms across the United States. Over the years ...

Go language-specific, go cheap and go hyper-local to reap success appears to be the playbook of a range of streamers operating across South Asia. With countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, ...

Less than 1% of all translated literature published in the U.S. during the past 10 years came from a South Asian language, even though the region is home to more than 20% of the world’s population. To ...

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...

In addition to targeting overseas universities and the Chinese diaspora as part of its influence operations, Beijing is attempting to wield greater control over the Chinese-language media in Asia and ...