Tag - Language

The library at ADB's headquarters in the Philippines (Asian Development Bank-Flickr)

The relationship between language and neocolonialism in the aid industry

by Carla Vitantonio

30 May 2022

Photograph of Shaheed Minar monument that commemorates those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952 in Dhaka

Accent and language diversity within international aid workplaces

by Atiq Rahman

9 March 2022

Local perspectives on mother-tongue education in Nepal

by Naomi Fillmore

14 June 2019

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

by Kania Dewi and Stephanie Carter

29 April 2019

Credit: Nick Lowndes

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

by Sachini Muller and Terence Wood

7 December 2018

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

by Terence Wood and Sachini Muller

31 August 2018

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

by Naomi Fillmore and Wuri Handayani

28 March 2018

Bilingual classroom poster, Kiribati (Photo: Hilary Smith)

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

by Hilary Smith

21 February 2018

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

The fluency of fitting in

by Mark Deasey

18 July 2017

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

‘Our languages matter’ in development

by Hilary Smith

6 July 2017