Tag - Language

Local perspectives on mother-tongue education in Nepal

June 14, 2019

by Naomi Fillmore

Ibu Nurdiana, a teacher involved in the INOVASI Bima pilot, teaches strategies for language and learning in the classroom (Credit: INOVASI)

Improving learning for local language speakers in Eastern Indonesia

April 29, 2019

by Kania Dewi, Stephanie Carter

Credit: Nick Lowndes

Fortnightly links: Development Bulletin No. 80, language barriers in crises, Islamophobia and support for ISIS, and more

December 7, 2018

by Sachini Muller, Terence Wood

Sean Dorney says goodbye as he leaves PNG, possibly for the last time (Foreign Correspondent: Craig Berkman)

Fortnightly links: languages in development, The Gambia’s migration exodus, Sean Dorney visits PNG, and more

August 31, 2018

by Terence Wood, Sachini Muller

Primary school students in Bima face many learning challenges, including low literacy levels, remoteness and issues of teacher training (Credit: INOVASI Program)

Language matters: language and learning in Bima, Indonesia

March 28, 2018

by Naomi Fillmore, Wuri Handayani

Bilingual classroom poster, Kiribati (Photo: Hilary Smith)

International Mother Language Day: sustainable development in everyone’s language

February 21, 2018

by Hilary Smith

Students at Yezin Agricultural University, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (AVI/Harjono Djoyovisono Harjono)

The fluency of fitting in

July 18, 2017

Student at Dawa Dhechen Chhyolin Gumba (Buddhist School), Gaighat Udayapur, Nepal (image: Hilary Smith)

‘Our languages matter’ in development

July 6, 2017

by Hilary Smith